The Blacksmith

1895/1896

James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The image shows a person from the waist up, standing with one hand raised. The person has short, dark hair and is wearing a light-colored shirt with rolled-up sleeves. In the foreground, there is a large cartwheel. In the background, there is an indistinct area that might represent a shadowy interior space with some blurred lines implying tools or hanging objects. The scene is sketched in a soft, almost impressionistic style.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black with graphite on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    image: 21.2 × 15.5 cm (8 3/8 × 6 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 29 × 20.3 cm (11 7/16 × 8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1946.21.378

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Stratis & Tedeschi 1998, no. 127, ii/iii

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1896

  • Way, Thomas Robert. Mr. Whistler's Lithographs: The Catalogue. London: G. Bell and Sons, 1896; New York: H. Wunderlich & Co., 1905, no. 90.

1998

  • Stratis, Harriet K., and Martha Tedeschi, eds. The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, vol. 1. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 1998, pp. 381-385, no. 127, ii/iii.

Wikidata ID

Q65076714

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