Whistler, James A. M. THE LITTLE MAST (Kennedy 185; Glascow 196). Etching and drypoint, 1879-80. Printed in dark brown on laid paper. A Fine impression, signed in pencil on the tab with the butterfly and inscribed imp. Glasgow's eighth state of eight, from the First Venice Set, published by The Fine Art Society, London, 10 3/8 x 7 3/8 inches; 264 x 187 mm. (the sheet, trimmed to the platemark), framed to 16 5/8 x 13 3/8 inches; 422 x 340 mm. Provenance: P. von Baldinger-Seidenberg, with his stamp, verso (Lugt 212); state of Cassandra S. Harris
