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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
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READING BY LAMPLIGHT
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Portland, ME
Whistler, James A. M. READING BY LAMPLIGHT. Etching and drypoint, 1859. Glascow 37, W.25, K.32. Third state of three, with the revisions to the sitter's facial expression and the dar...
Category
1850s Portrait Prints
Materials
Drypoint, Etching
THE FORGE - Rich Drypoint
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Santa Monica, CA
JAMES ABBOTT MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 – 1903)
THE FORGE 1866 (Kennedy. 68 iv/vi: Glascow 86 vi/vi)
Etching and drypoint. Signed and dated in the plate 1866. VERY GOOD IMPRESSION WITH...
Category
Late 19th Century Impressionist Figurative Prints
Materials
Drypoint
Becquet
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Plano, TX
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
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
"Beach Scene at Dieppe" James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Tonalist Watercolor
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in New York, NY
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Beach Scene at Dieppe, 1885-86
Watercolor on paper, mounted on board
8 1/2 x 5 inches
Signed on the reverse
Provenance:
Miss Annie Burr Jennings
Mrs. ...
Category
1880s Impressionist Landscape Drawings and Watercolors
Materials
Paper, Watercolor
Annie Etching, Post-Impressionist Style, Signed, Circa 1850-1859
By James Abbott McNeill Whistler
Located in Roma, IT
Signed 'Whistler' lower left, titled 'Annie', center, and annotated 'Imp. Delâtre Rue St. Jacques. 171' in the plate lower right.
From the portfolio: "Douze Eaux-Fortes d'après Natur...
Category
1850s Post-Impressionist Portrait Prints
Materials
Etching


