The Forge–Passage du Dragon

The Forge–Passage du Dragon by James McNeill Whistler

Medium

Transfer lithograph with stumping; first state of four (Chicago); printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper

Dimensions

sheet: 12 11/16 x 8 3/16 in. (32.2 x 20.8 cm)

Classification

Prints

Department

Drawings and Prints

Museum

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Gift of Paul F. Walter, 1984

Accession Number

1984.1119.17

Tags

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About the Artist

James McNeill Whistler · 18341903

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...

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