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

 

M.1678
The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1901
Collection: Library of Congress, Washington, DC
Accession Number: 2006685406
Medium: pencil
Support: cream wove paper
Size: 137 x 79 mm (5 3/8 x 3 1/8")
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: none

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio

Composition

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio, Library of Congress
The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio, Library of Congress

This is one of three studies (with r.: The Forge; v.: Smiths, Ajaccio [M.1679]) for the etching Flaming Forge (G.490). 1

Notes:

1: Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012 website.

Last updated: 5th March 2021 by Margaret