The Ocean Wave
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
1883-1884
Classification
Painting
Department
Smithsonian Collection
Museum
Smithsonian American Art Museum
Credit
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number
F1906.54a-b
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
American ArtCharles Lang Freer collectionMars pigmentPrussian blueUnited Statesbone blackchrome yellowmountingoceanraw sienna
About this artwork
Clouds drifting close to the water; a beach indicated in the foreground; signed with the butterfly at lower right.