The Blacksmith

1895, printed in 1903

James Abbott McNeill Whistler , Artist Frederick Goulding , Printer

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About the Artwork

Title The Blacksmith

Artwork Date 1895, printed in 1903

Makers James Abbott McNeill Whistler (Artist) American, 1834 - 1903 Frederick Goulding (Printer) English, 1842 - 1909

Medium Lithograph printed in black ink on cream laid paper

Dimensions Image: 8 1/2 × 6 1/2 inches (21.6 × 16.5 cm) Sheet: 13 5/8 × 8 3/8 inches (34.6 × 21.3 cm)

Classification Prints

Department Prints, Drawings & Photographs

Credit Gift of Julius H. Haass

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 30.355

Markings

Signed Signed, on stone, lower right: [Whistler's butterfly device]

Inscriptions Inscribed, in pencil, lower left: To | F. Goulding. | with confidence | R. Birnie Philip. Inscribed, lower left: W. 90 | mc 32892 Inscribed, lower right corner: 1106 Inscribed, in blue pencil, lower right corner: FG. [monogram of Frederick Goulding] Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner, verso: B3084 (dealer inventory number) Inscribed, lower right corner: Blacksmith

Marks Watermark: O.W.P. & A.C.L (Chicago Whistler lithograph catalog watermark no. 219 or 220)

Provenance

Frederick Goulding (possible.)
Rosalind Birnie Philip (London, England). (possible).
1930, (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, New York, USA);
1930-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Bulletin of the DIA 12, 4 (1931): pp. 41-43 (ill.).

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Credit Line for Reproduction

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Blacksmith, 1895, printed in 1903, lithograph printed in black ink on cream laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Julius H. Haass, 30.355.

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