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James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) - Prisoner In A Cell, Ca. 1851-52

Prisoner In A Cell, Ca. 1851-52

pencil, ink, and wash on wove paper, laid on board
12 cms x 15.3 cms (4.7 ins x 6 ins)
Signed lower right
Lot offered for sale by Waddington's, Toronto at the auction event "Old Masters & 19th Century Art" held on Thu, Jun 12, 2025.
Lot 11
Estimate: CAD $2,000 - $3,000
Realised: CAD $6,875

Lot description - from the online catalogue*

Provenance:
Gift of the artist to Maria Whitman Bailey, West Point, NY
By descent to the Collection of Professor J.W. Bailey, West Point, NY
Collection of Dr. Loring Woart Bailey, Fredericton, NB
Collection of Margaret A. West, Fredericton, NB
Collection of Russel A. Lambert and Dr. B.L. Jewett, Fredericton, NB
Gifted to the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB
Deaccessioned to benefit art purchases at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, NB

Literature:
M.F. MacDonald, James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995, 25, no. 85.
Beaverbrook 1959, 69, Clayton 1959, illust 40, Pressly 1972, 131-2, 153 (64) as "Prison Scene with an Old Man", illus. 131.
Most realised prices include the Buyer's Premium of 18-25%, but not the HST/GST Tax.
(*) Text and/or Image might be subject matter of Copyright. Check with Waddington's auction house for permission to use.
Prisoner In A Cell, Ca. 1851-52 by artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler