Three small, but choice private collections comprising masterpieces of etching by Whistler and Haden
This is a 1917 sale catalogue from the American Art Association, offering three small private collections of etchings by James McNeill Whistler and Seymour Haden for prospective buyers. The single plate is a sideways-printed Whistler etching captioned "Whistler's Nocturne", showing a ship and its reflection on dark water. A designer might take its soft, smudgy tonal haze and strong horizontal reflection as a model for moody, atmospheric layouts.
