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How much are Whistler paintings worth?
How much Whistler paintings are worth varies based on their historical significance, size, condition and other characteristics. In 2000, his piece Harmony in Grey, Chelsea in Ice set a new auction sales record for the painter when it sold for more than $2.8 million. James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American artist active during the Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom. He was influenced by the injunctions of the poet Charles Baudelaire that artists should take subjects from modern life and seek a new beauty in the teeming cities. To find out how much a particular Whistler painting may be worth, have a certified appraiser or knowledgeable art dealer assess it for you. Explore a variety of James Abbott McNeill Whistler art on 1stDibs.
1stDibs ExpertSeptember 16, 2024
Billingsgate
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Middletown, NY
Etching printed in dark brownish black ink on cream laid paper, 6 x 8 7/8 inches (152 x 226 mm); full margins. Extremely minor and unobtrusive band of toning along the top sheet edg...
Category

Mid-19th Century Impressionist Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Drypoint, Etching

James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903, British) "Fulham (Chelsea Church)"
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in San Francisco, CA
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834 - 1903, British) "Fulham (Chelsea Church)" Etching Year 1865 8" x 5 1/8 unframed 13.75 x 17.25" framed
Category

1870s Prints and Multiples

Materials

Etching

Bibi Valentin
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Bibi Valentin. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 50 state ii; Glasgow catalog 34 state ii. 6 x 8 7/8 (sheet 8 11/16 x 10 11/16). Glasgow records 44 known impressions. A rich impression with burr, printed on watermarked laid paper with full margins. Signed and dated in the plate. Housed in a 20 x 16-inch archival mat A young girl, sits facing the viewer, leaning on her left elbow, legs extended to left. She wears a high-necked smock and buttoned boots...
Category

19th Century American Modern Portrait Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Becquet
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
J. Becquet, Sculptor (The Fiddler). 1859. Drypoint. Kennedy 52 state iv; Glasgow 62. state i. 10 1/8 x 7 1/2 (sheet 15 5/16 x 9 3/4). Series: "Sixteen Etchings or Scenes on the Thame...
Category

Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Figurative Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

Limehouse
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903), Limehouse, etching, 1859. References: Glasgow 48, fifth state (of 6), Kennedy 40, third state (of 3), signed with the butterfly in pencil in the lower margin. [Also signed and dated in the plate.]With margins, 5 x 7 7/8 inches, the sheet 6 1/2 x 9 1/2 inches. Published as no. 12 in A Series of Sixteen Etchings of Scenes on the Thames and Other Subjects, otherwise known as the Thames Set. In good condition apart from a soft diagonal fold in the sky. A very fine impression, in black ink on a thin Japan paper. Provenance: Dr. John W. Randall (cf. Lugt 2130), without his mark, annotated on the mat. Limehouse, the entrance to the West Indies Docks, lies opposite the Surrey Commercial Docks in Rotherhithe, along the lower Thames. It’s unusual to find the signed butterfly (or any pencil signature) on the early London etchings, but it is known that Whistler signed...
Category

1850s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Etching

Venus
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Storrs, CT
Venus. 1859. Etching and drypoint. Kennedy catalog 59 state ii; Glasgow catalog 60 state ii. 6 x 9 (sheet 8 x 11 3/16). Glasgow records 27 known impressions. A very rich impression p...
Category

Mid-19th Century American Impressionist Nude Prints

Materials

Drypoint, Etching

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