James Abbot Mcneill Whistler

Lot 253 James Abbott McNeill Whistler American, 1834-1903 A Confrontation , 1853 Signed indistinctly ...Whistler and inscribed Club Sketch (lr); signed J. Whistler , inscribed West Point/... and dated 1853 on the verso; inscribed Whistler/Sketch Club/West Point/painted by Whistler during/his year at West Point/Academy/given to his friend/and classmate/Alex S. Webb on old labels affixed to the reverse Watercolor on paper 8 3/4 x 5 3/4 inches In an email dated 4 April 2013, Margaret MacDonald writes that the present work "fits very well with the style and technique of drawings and watercolours done while [Whistler] was a student at West Point, between 1852 and 1854. The provenance fits this too, Alexander Webb owned several of his sketches and was a close friend. In my catalogue raisonné of Whistler's Drawings, Pastels and watercolours (Yale 1995), cat. no. 168 mentions Scenes from cadet life and Hugo or Dumas and I strongly suspect that this watercolour may illustrate a Dumas story though I have not been able to identify it, and Hugo or Scott are other possible sources. It appears to show courtiers, cavaliers or soldiers, one being murdered (he has dropped his sword, and a chair is overturned in the foreground, so maybe they have fought) for a document now held triumphantly by the central figure.... The subject fits in with Whistler's romantic interests at the time in literature and art, and in my opinion it is by him. "I suspect that it is Whistler's signature on the recto, but not on the verso. The inscriptions were more likely written by Webb on the verso." A letter from Dr. MacDonald, to whom we send our thanks for her very kind assistance, accompanies this lot. C Property of a Greenwich Village Collector Estimate $3,000-5,000 Toned. Work is glued at the corners to the back matting. Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

LOT 17 PROPERTY OF A PRIVATE AMERICAN COLLECTION JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER 1834 - 1903 THE KITCHEN (KENNEDY 24; GLASGOW 16) Etching and drypoint, 1858, a fine, richly inked impression of the second state (of three), from The French Set, on golden japon collé on wove support, framed 226 by 155 mm 8 7/8 by 6 1/8 in sheet 437 by 307 mm 17 1/4 by 12 1/8 in

JAMES MCNEILL WHISTLER (1834-1903) The Bridge, Santa Marta, from Second Venice Set (Glasgow 201; Kennedy 204) etching and drypoint, 1879-80, on laid Asian paper, the final state of nine, signed with the butterfly on the tab and annotated 'imp.' in pencil, with vertical wiping and warm plate tone in the foreground water, generally in very good condition, framed S. 11½ x 7 7/8 in. (292 x 200 mm.)

Lot 172 James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) BLACK LION WHARF (KENNEDY 42; GLASGOW 54) Etching, 1859, on cream tissue-thin laid Japan, Glasgow's second state of four, pale matstain, rippling, some old (tape?) staining along sheet edges with some associated losses, the two hinges at top sheet edges near corners showing through to recto, an approximately 1 inch tear at top right sheet edge with some associated small losses (1 3/4 inch from top right image corner), otherwise in good condition, with (full?) margins, framed. 6 x 9 inches; 152 x 229 mm. Sheet 10 1/2 x 15 3/8 inches; 267 x 391 mm. Ex-collection: Alphonse Hirsch (Lugt 133) C The Carolyn and George Rowland Charitable Foundation Trust Estimate $3,000-5,000 Any condition statement is given as a courtesy to a client, is only an opinion and should not be treated as a statement of fact. Doyle New York shall have no responsibility for any error or omission. The absence of a condition statement does not imply that the lot is in perfect condition or completely free from wear and tear, imperfections or the effects of aging.

206. James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) The Forge: Passage du Dragon, lithograph, [c.1894] printed by Goulding c.1903-1904, [W.72; Levy 107], Miss Bernie Philip's collectors stamp verso [Lugt 405], with full margins, 260 x 185mm. (10 1/4 x 7 1/4 in). Provenance: the artist's sister-in-law and executrix, Miss Rosalind Birnie Philip; Private collection, UK.