Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Max Williams

Nationality: American
Date of death: 1928
Category: art dealer

Identity:

Max Williams was a New York print dealer and publisher.

Life:

The extent of his contact with Whistler is not known, but he certainly knew Whistler around 1890.

With S. Lipshitz and Joseph Koehler he is among the best known publishers of re-strikes from the lithographic stones of Currier and Ives.

After his death, 365 prints from his stock were sold at auction in 1928.

Bibliography:

Anderson Galleries, Engravings. Selections from the Stock of the Late Max Williams. Americana - English Mezzotints and Stipples, Sale 2285, auction catalogue, 1-2 November 1928; http://www.washtonbooks.com (accessed 2005.07); http://www.ahpcs.org (accessed 2005.07).