The Forge, Passage du Dragon, 1894

  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Transfer lithograph printed in black ink on off-white laid paper

  • Image: 8 3/4 × 6 1/4 inches (22.2 × 15.9 cm) Sheet: 13 × 8 3/8 inches (33 × 21.3 cm)

City of Detroit Purchase

30.47

Signed, on stone, upper left of image: [Whistler's butterfly device] Signed, in graphitel, lower right: [Whistler's butterfly device]

Watermark, center of sheet: AC on a shield (Art Institutie of Chicago Whistler lithograph catalog watermark no. 2) Stamp, in brown, lower left, verso: [monogram R B within in square] (R. Birnie Philip (1873-1958), Lugt. 406)--Indicates a Whistler lifetime impression.

Inscribed, in pencil, bottom left edge: Way 72 II The Forge, Passage du Dragon Inscribed, lower right corner: c. 17530 (Colnaghi Gallery inventory number)

Rosalind Birnie Philip (London, England). 1930-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, The Forge, Passage du Dragon, 1894, transfer lithograph printed in black ink on off-white laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 30.47.