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

 

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

Sunset, in red and brown

Technique

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

The pastel is drawn over another subject, the facade of a palace with a figure standing in an arched doorway, and at least two rows of windows above it.

Last updated: 9th February 2021 by Margaret