The Forge
1861
Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

Artwork overview
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Medium
drypoint in black on laid paper
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
plate: 19.53 × 31.75 cm (7 11/16 × 12 1/2 in.)
sheet: 26.04 × 38.74 cm (10 1/4 × 15 1/4 in.) -
Accession
2015.19.410
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Catalogue Raisonné
MacDonald 2012, no. 86, vi/vi
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Julius Garfinckel, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1938; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art
Associated Names
Exhibition History
2013
Recent Acquisitions: American Art from the Johns Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2013-2014
Bibliography
1910
Kennedy, Edward G. The Etched Work of Whistler. New York: Grolier Club, 1910, no. 68.
2012
MacDonald, Margaret, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, A Catalogue Raisonné. Scotland: University of Glasgow, 2012, no. 86, vi/vi. http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk
Inscriptions
lower right in plate: Whistler / 1861
Wikidata ID
Q77012946