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Description: | Royal (1) s. with butterfly; c.r.
(2) inscr. in pencil; b.c. "No. 20 10 1/4 x 4 3/4"
(3) inscr. in pencil; r. (on backboard) "60-9 / 4 1 / 8 x 91 / 8"
(4) inscr. in ink by Harold Wright; v. (on backboard) "Whistler / Sunset over Venice" CRE WHISTLER, James McNeill; (American; 1834-1903) This apparently effortless sketch was completed over a number of sessions. It was drawn from Riva degli Schiavoni looking across the lagoon to Santa Maria della Salute and the mouth of the Grand Canal, Venice. This is one of a series of spectacular sunsets.
Birnie Philip Bequest 1958. | License: | http://www.hmag.gla.ac.uk/spirit/rights/ | Publisher: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Rights holder: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Subjects: | VENICE : DOME : LAGOON : SANTA MARIA DELLA SALUTE : EVENING : SUNSET : WHISTLER CENTENARY : : | Source: | Hunterian Museum | Creator: | Hunterian Museum and Art Gallery, University of Glasgow | Identifier: | http://www.huntsearch.gla.ac.uk/cgi-bin/... | Language: | en-GB | Go to resource |
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