$861
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill (1834-1903) Two Autograph Letters Signed and Related Letter. Two letters written by Whistler to E.T. Cook, editor of the Pall Mall Gazette , suggesting publication of illustrations of his paintings The Little White Girl and Miss Alexander , and enclosing a letter (not present) which he would like to have printed "in tomorrow's issue, as it stands"; three pages in total, written in Paris, slightly toned, the two matted in a double-glazed frame, 5 x 6 in. [and] 4 x 6 in. [Together with] Autograph letter signed by Wyke Bayliss, President of the Royal Society of British Artists, to the editor of the Pall Mall Gazette , giving details of the dispute that had arisen between the Society and Whistler (its former President); the dispute caused by the removal of Whistler's butterfly signature from the notice board that he designed for the Society; Bayliss requests publication of "this simple statement of the facts as they occurred."
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2016-05-18
