Nocturne: Furnace

1880

James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

James McNeill Whistler

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and drypoint in dark brown on Asian laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    plate: 17.15 x 23.02 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/16 in.)
    sheet (includes tab with signature): 17.46 x 23.02 cm (6 7/8 x 9 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.8549

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    MacDonald 2012, no. 208

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Bought on 31 March 1927 by Lessing Julius Rosenwald [1891-1971], Philadelphia, (Lugt 1760b); gift to National Gallery of Art, 1943.  

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1931

  • Etchings, Lithographs, Original Drawings, and Autograph Letters by James A. McNeill Whistler, The Free Library of Philadelphia, 1931.

Bibliography

1910

  • Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 213, vi/vii.

2012

  • MacDonald, Margaret F., Grischka Petri, Joanna Meacock.James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné. University of Glasgow on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 208, state not listed.

Inscriptions

on plate: (butterfly); on tab: (butterfly) imp; by later hands across verso: 2; 11; 1878; lower center by Harold Wright: Furnace Nocturne K213 VI (the VI superscript)

Watermarks

none

Wikidata ID

Q65021966

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