James McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Furnace
1878-1879
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James McNeill Whistler
Nocturne: Furnace
1878-1879
Physical Qualities
Etching and drypoint, Sheet: 175 × 231 mm. (6 7/8 × 9 1/8 in.)
Plate: 171 × 231 mm. (6 3/4 × 9 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with Funds from the State of Maryland. Funds from Laurence and Stella Bendann, and Contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number
1996.48.18102
According to Glasgow, "pencil butterfly of 1885/1890"
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; The Maryland Institute College of Art,
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
through Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George A. Lucas, Paris
Whistler and Cassatt: Americans Abroad
A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art
Etchings by Whistler
2006-05-10 00:00:00
2006-05-10 00:00:00
Sargent, Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano
Barr, Crawford Alexander, III (editor). Sargent, Whistler & Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum, 2021, ill. p. 149.
Kennedy, Edward Guthrie. The Etched Work of Whistler (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; reprint, San Francisco: Alan Wofsy Fine Arts, 1978), #213.
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.
Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock. James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, on-line website at http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk.
Inscribed: Signed in pencil: lower left, on paper tab "[butterfly] imp." Signed in plate: middle left "[butterfly]" Inscribed in pencil: verso, in Lucas' hand "23 Furnace Nocturne"
Markings: Collector's stamp: verso of mount "M.I. / LUCAS / COLLECTION" (Lugt 1695c)
