T.F. Simon

Old Houses in Amsterdam

1909

Untitled (Nocturne: New York Alley) Graphite on paper, c. 1915 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist New York Financial Institutiom A masterful finished arc...

New York Waterfront and Skyline (also recorded as N.Y. Waterfront & Skyline and View of the New York Waterfront) Etching, 1930-1935 Unsigned Provenance: Estate of the Artist ...

Barges, Dordrecht Etching, c. 1886 Signed in the plate with the butterfly Edition: One of 10 known impressions of this image. VERY RARE Provenance: Frederick Keppel & Co. with their ...

Preliminary Drawing for the color aquatint "New Orlaens, Street Gossip" Signed by the artist in pencil lower left Graphite on tracing paper, 1916-1917 An impr...

James Whistler (1834-1903), The Mill, 1889, etching and drypoint, signed in pencil with the butterfly on the tab and inscribed “imp”, and inscribed “first state” (twice) and annotated “Wunderlich” and signed again with the butterfly verso. Reference: Kennedy 413, first state (of 5). Glasgow 457, second state (of 6; see discussion below) (cf. Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2011) On laid paper, in very good condition, trimmed just outside of the platemark all around except for the tab by the artist, 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches. A very fine impression of this great rarity, printed in black/brown ink with a slight veil of plate tone. provenance: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York Louis B. Dailey, New York (Lugt 4500) sale, Sotheby’s, New York, October 31, 2003, lot 69 literature; Neue Lagerliste 122: James McNeill Whistler – Etchings...

Medium: original etching. Catalogue reference: Sanchez and Seydoux 1910-7. Printed in Paris and published in 1910 by Gazette des Beaux Arts. Plate size: 8 1/4 x 6 inches (210 x 155 m...

Houses is an original etching on brownish color paper realized by Leo Grimm (1889-1916). Hand-signed on the lower right in pencil. In good conditions. The artwork is created throu...

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...