Sunset, in Red and Brown
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
1879-1880
Classification
Drawing
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1917.8a-b
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionUnited Statessunset
About this artwork
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.