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The Smithy

Impression: Art Institute of Chicago
Art Institute of Chicago
(1938.1928)
Number: 239
Date: 1880
Medium: etching and drypoint
Size: 177 x 229 mm
Signed: butterfly at lower right
Inscribed: no
Set/Publication: no
No. of States: 6
Known impressions: 20
Catalogues: K.240; M.237; W.197
Impressions taken from this plate  (20)

CATALOGUES RAISONNÉS

  • Kennedy, Edward G., The Etched Work of Whistler, New York, 1910 (cat. no. 240) 'The Smithy'.
  • Mansfield, Howard, A Descriptive Catalogue of the Etchings and Dry-Points of James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Chicago, 1909 (cat. no. 237) 'The Smithy'.
  • Wedmore, Sir Frederick, Whistler's Etchings: a Study and a Catalogue, London, 1886 (cat. no. 197) 'The Smithy'.

EXHIBITIONS 1855- 1905

  • Mr Whistler's Etchings, The Fine Art Society, London, 1883 (cat. no. 34) 'The Smithy'.
  • World's Columbian Exposition, Department of Fine Arts, Chicago, 1893 (cat. no. 2255 [1670]) 'The Smithy'.
  • Exhibition of Etchings, Drypoints. and Lithographs by Whistler, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1898 (cat. no. 171) 'The Smithy'.
  • An Exhibition of Etchings and Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler, The Caxton Club, 1900 (cat. no. E175) 'The Smithy'.
  • Internationale Kunstausstellung, Dresden, 1901.
  • [Exhibition of recently acquired works], Dresden, Kupferstich-Kabinett, 1902.
  • Exhibition of Etchings by James McNeill Whistler, Obach and Co., London, 1903 (cat. no. 169) 'The Smithy'.
  • A Collection of Etchings and Dry Points by Whistler recently acquired, H. Wunderlich and Co., New York, 1903 (cat. no. 157) 'The Smithy'.
  • Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler, Copley Society, Copley Hall, Boston, February 1904 (cat. no. 152) 'The Smithy'.
  • Etchings and Dry-Points by James McNeill Whistler, The Grolier Club, New York, 1904 (cat. no. 199) 'The Smithy'.
  • Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler, Palais de l'École des Beaux-Art, Paris, 1905 (cat. no. 381) 'La Forge - (The Smithy)'.
  • Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler, First President of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers, New Gallery, Regent Street, London, 1905 (cat. no. 197) 'The Smithy'.
  • Tentoonstelling van Aquarellen, Pastels, Teekingen, Etsen, Lithogaphien en een Schildrij door James McNeill Whistler, Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam, 1906 (cat. no. 45) 'The Smithy'.

REVIEWS 1855- 1905

  • Anon., 'Mr Whistler's Exhibition', Standard, London, 17 February 1883 (GUL PC 25/22).
  • Anon., 'Mr. Whistler's Etchings', The Globe, 19 February 1883 (GUL PC 25/19).
  • Anon., St James Gazette, 20 February 1883 (GUL PC25/30).
  • Anon., Coventry Standard, 23 February 1883 (GUL PC6/42).
  • Anon., 'An Arrangement in White and Yellow', The Queen, 24 February 1883 (GUL PC 25/24).
  • Anon., 'The Fine Art Society, New Bond Street', [unidentified 'Daily'], 24 February 1883 (GUL PC6/42).
  • Anon., 'Fine Art. Mr. Whistler's Exhibition,' Bazaar, 28 February 1883 (GUL PC6/44).
  • Anon., North London Advertiser, 25 February/ 3 March 1883 (GUL PC6/44 ).
  • 'J.M. Gray sale', The Academy, 17 November 1894, p. 405.

GENERAL 1855-1906

  • Mr Whistler's Etchings, The Fine Art Society, London, 1883 (cat. no. 34).
  • Whistler, James McNeill, The Gentle Art of Making Enemies, London, 1890, p. 100.

GENERAL 1906- PRESENT

  • Drawing Near. Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984 (cat. no. 51).
  • Lochnan, Katharine A., The Etchings of James McNeill Whistler, New Haven and London, 1984, p. 281 (no. 241).