Whistler's Mother: An American Icon (FINE COPY OF FIRST EDITION, FIRST PRINTING SIGNED BY MARGARET F MACDONALD)

Aldershot, Hampshire: Lund Humphries, 2003. Fine. First edition, first printing. Large format paperback. SIGNED BY THE EDITOR/AUTHOR, MARGARET F MACDONALD, without dedication or inscription on title-page. Size of covers, 22.2 by 26.2 cms. 160pp. Profusely illustrated with photographs and line drawings. In 1871 the American-born artist, James McNeill Whistler, painted the famous portrait of his mother. This book is being published to coincide with the centenary of his death in 2003. Through exhibitions, publications and caricatures it has become one of the most familiar images of the century, and a great American icon. With Bibliography, Chronology and Index. Non-authorial inscription on half-title page; else a fine copy of a SCARCE first edition, first printing SIGNED BY THE EDITOR/AUTHOR. . Signed by Editor. First edition, First Printing. Large Format Paperback. Fine.