About the Artwork
The Forge
1861
James Abbott McNeill Whistler
1834 - 1903
American
Unknown
Drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper
Plate: 7 3/4 × 12 1/2 inches (19.7 × 31.8 cm) Sheet: 8 5/8 × 13 1/2 inches (21.9 × 34.3 cm)
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Prints, Drawings & Photographs
Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Stern
F77.125
Public Domain
Markings
Signed and date in the plate, lower right:, Whistler 1861
Inscribed, in pencil, lower left corner: K68 III
Watermark, 'DE ERWEN DE [superscript 'E'] BLAUW Stamped, in black, possibly pale purple, lower right corner,' BPL over MB' (Lugt 4745) signifying Boston Public Library/Merrill Bequest
Provenance
Hiram Campell Merrill [1866-1958] (Lugt 4745)Boston Public Library.
Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon D. Stern;
1978-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Forge, 1861, drypoint printed in black ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Sheldon Stern, F77.125.
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