National Museum of Asian Art
Sunset, in Red and Brown
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) · 1879-1880
Whistler did not complete every pastel he began, and he sometimes reused drawing paper. An earlier drawing of a figure in front of a high-arched doorway is visible in the center of this sheet. In this drawing, Whistler attempted to unify the composite drawing by scumbling the colors in the sky and water.
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