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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)
The Smithy dates from 1880 or 1881. The butterfly signature is consistent with this date. It is possible that it was etched in Venice, whence Whistler returned in November 1880, or on the continent shortly after.