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
Jay Fisher, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The Prints of James A. McNeill Whistler from the Museum Collection," February 14-April 1, 1984.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
Jay Fisher, BMA, "A Continuing Example: Prints and Drawings from the George A. Lucas Collection," 4 February - 9 April 1995.
Susan Dackerman, BMA, "Whistler & Cassatt: Americans Abroad," June 11-Oct. 13, 2003.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "A View Toward Paris: The Lucas Collection of 19th-Century French Art," October 1, 2006 - December 31, 2006.
Smithsonian American Art Museum, "Sargent Whistler, and Venetian Glass: American Artists and the Magic of Murano" October 8, 2021 - May 8, 2022. Circulated to Amon Carter Museum, June 25, 2022 - September 11, 2022, Ca'Pesaro October 15, 2022 - January 8, 2023.
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.
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)
