The Blacksmith
James McNeill Whistler
1895/96
Medium
Transfer lithograph in black with stumping, on cream wove proofing paper
Dimensions
Image: 20.9 × 15.5 cm (8 1/4 × 6 1/8 in.); Sheet: 25.5 × 19.3 cm (10 1/16 × 7 5/8 in.)
Classification
transfer lithograph
Department
Prints and Drawings
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
73858
About the Artist
James McNeill Whistler · 1834–1903
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) was an American-born painter and printmaker who became a leading figure in the Aesthetic Movement and pioneer of Tonalism and Japonisme. He revolutionized art by championing "art for art's sake" and treating paintings as visual equivalents of musical compositions, titling works as "arrangements," "harmonies," and "nocturnes" to emphasize formal qualities o...