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Gabled Roofs

James Abbott McNeill Whistler

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Title
Gabled Roofs
Description

James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Gabled Roofs, lithograph, 1893. Reference: Chicago (Spink et al) 64, only state. From the lifetime edition of 12 (there was also a posthumous edition of 53 printed by Goulding in 1904). In very good condition, with margins, 7 3/4 x 6 1/4, the sheet 12 1/4 x 7 3/4 inches.

Provenance: Childs Gallery, Boston, with their stamp verso, and on their mat (with their catalogue notations).

A fine impression of this rare lithograph, printed on a cream laid paper with the watermark ProPatriaB (this is Spink watermark 251, one of the watermarks specified in Spink as characteristic of the lifetime impressions of this lithograph.

Gabled Roofs is one of the five lithographs Whistler made during the tour through Brittany he made in 1893 with his wife.

Date
1893
Edition
12
Signature
Signed In Plate
Catalogue Raisonne
Chicago 64
Image
7 3/4 x 6 1/4 inches
Price
Price on request
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler

Perhaps best known for a painting of his mother titled Whistler’s Mother, James Abbott McNeill Whistler was born in Massachusetts but spent much of his time in Europe. Whistler is known as the father of Tonalism which is an artistic style marked by dark hues such as brown or blue and also emphasized mood and shadow.

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