The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler

Date

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio dates from 1901.

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio, Library of Congress

It is catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1678).

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Subject

Site

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio, Library of Congress

Ajaccio, Corsica.

Technique

Composition

The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio, Library of Congress

This is one of three studies (with r.: The Forge; v.: Smiths, Ajaccio m1679) for the etching Flaming Forge (G.490). ¹

History

Provenance

• 1903: in Whistler's studio at his death, and bequeathed to his ward and executrix, Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) ;
• 1955: bought on 25 June by Colnaghi's, London art dealers;
• 1955/1956: sold to Alister Mathews (1907-1985), art dealer, Bournemouth;
• 1957: bought in January by the Library of Congress.

For further details see MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 1678).

Exhibitions

Not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.

Bibliography

Catalogues Raisonnés

• MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 1678) as 'The Flaming Forge, Ajaccio'.

Catalogues 1906-Present

• Spink, Nesta, and John Holmes, Whistler: The Later Years, [Checklist], Ann Arbor, 1978 (cat. no. 63).
• Maar, Ingrid, Pennell Legacy: Two Centuries of Printmaking, Library of Congress, Washington, DC, 1983 (no cat. no.).
• MacDonald, Margaret F., Notes, Harmonies, and Nocturnes: Small Works by James McNeill Whistler, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1984 (cat. 102), repr.

Websites

• Library of Congress website at loc.gov.
• Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, online website (G. 490).