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
Rights
Public Domain
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.