902. JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER (1834 - 1903) American artist, a portrait painter with a pugnacious attitude best remembered for the portrait of his mother seated in a rocker. A superb Whistler piece, a signed photograph of his painting "The Fire Wheel" 10" x 7" (with mat, 20" x 15"), showing a young lady in evening dress and coat regarding the viewer from over her shoulder. Very nicely signed beneath the image on mat in pencil "Whistler" and adding his ornate "butterfly" paraph. In near fine condition, ideal for framing. $500 - 700