Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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M.0743
Sunset, in red and brown

Artist: James McNeill Whistler
Date: 1879/1880
Collection: Freer Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
Accession Number: F1917.8a-b
Medium: chalk and pastel
Support: brown paper
Size: 11 13/16 x 7 15/16" (300 x 202 mm)
Signature: butterfly
Inscription: 'Sunset in red and brown -' and butterfly, originally on frame verso
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Sunset, in red and brown

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Sunset, in red and brown, Freer Gallery of Art
Sunset, in red and brown, Freer Gallery of Art

A view of the Riva degli Schiavoni, Venice, from the Casa Jankowitz in the sestiere of Castello, with the domes of San Marco in the distance at far left. 1

Notes:

1: Grieve 2000 [more], pp. 110-11, repr. pl. 129; the view as seen from San Biagio, Castello, in an 1890s photograph, repr. pl. 130.

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret