Premium pages left without account:

Auction archive: Lot number 272

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, inscribed by the author to Siegfried Bing with butterfly monogram, 1892 & others, Whistler (5)

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$566 - US$849
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 272

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, inscribed by the author to Siegfried Bing with butterfly monogram, 1892 & others, Whistler (5)

Estimate
£400 - £600
ca. US$566 - US$849
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, inscribed by the author "To Siegfried Bing - with compliments & pleasant sympathy" and butterfly monogram on front free endpaper, 1892; Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Paris, [1899] § Pennell (E.R. & J.) The Life of James McNeill Whistler 2 vol., 1908 § Menpes (Mortimer) Whistler as I Knew Him, number 138 of 500 deluxe copies signed by the author and with original etching by Whistler of the Menpes children, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., spine soiled, A. & C.Black, 1904, plates and illustrations, the first two lightly browned with occasional foxing, all but the last original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, all uncut, 4to (5) ⁂ Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), influential German-French art dealer who introduced Japanese art to the West, published the magazine Le Japon Artistique, and was an important figure in the development of the Art Nouveau style.

Auction archive: Lot number 272
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Beschreibung:

Whistler (James Abbott McNeill) The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, inscribed by the author "To Siegfried Bing - with compliments & pleasant sympathy" and butterfly monogram on front free endpaper, 1892; Eden versus Whistler: The Baronet and the Butterfly, Paris, [1899] § Pennell (E.R. & J.) The Life of James McNeill Whistler 2 vol., 1908 § Menpes (Mortimer) Whistler as I Knew Him, number 138 of 500 deluxe copies signed by the author and with original etching by Whistler of the Menpes children, original decorated cloth, t.e.g., spine soiled, A. & C.Black, 1904, plates and illustrations, the first two lightly browned with occasional foxing, all but the last original cloth-backed boards, rubbed, all uncut, 4to (5) ⁂ Siegfried Bing (1838-1905), influential German-French art dealer who introduced Japanese art to the West, published the magazine Le Japon Artistique, and was an important figure in the development of the Art Nouveau style.

Auction archive: Lot number 272
Auction:
Datum:
30 Jan 2018
Auction house:
Forum Auctions
4 Ingate Place
London, SW8 3NS
United Kingdom
info@forumauctions.co.uk
+44 (0) 20 7871 2640
Try LotSearch

Try LotSearch and its premium features for 7 days - without any costs!

  • Search lots and bid
  • Price database and artist analysis
  • Alerts for your searches
Create an alert now!

Be notified automatically about new items in upcoming auctions.

Create an alert