Nocturne: Furnace, 1886

  • Messrs. Dowdeswell, English
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler, American, 1834 - 1903

Etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper

  • Sheet (trimmed at plate mark): 6 3/4 × 9 1/8 inches (17.1 × 23.2 cm)

Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth

42.148

Signed, in plate, center left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram; signed, in graphite, below the plate line, lower left, with Whistler's butterfly monogram, followed by the abbreviation "imp."

Inscribed,verso, in pencil, lower left, Nocturne Furnace A 2148 (dealer's stock number); and lower center, lower center 56066 / ax-

Mary Batterman (Mrs. Ralph Harman) Booth [1881-1951] (Grosse Pointe, Michigan, USA)

1942-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne: Furnace, 1886, etching printed in dark brown ink on laid paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mrs. Ralph Harman Booth, 42.148.