Nocturne

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Nocturne

Series: First Venice Set

United States, 1879/1880
Prints; etchings
Etching and drypoint
Image and sheet: 7 15/16 x 11 11/16 in. (20.16 x 29.69 cm)
Gift of Julius L. and Anita Zelman in honor of the museum's twenty-fifth anniversary (M.89.166)
Prints and Drawings
Not currently on public view

Label

Whistler and Venice, January 29-May 28, 2003 ...
Whistler and Venice, January 29-May 28, 2003 From the Venetian lagoon, Whistler sketchily depicts the panorama of the churches of Santa Maria della Salute on the left to San Giorgio Maggiore on the right. He composed the view so that the large ship is similar in scale to the buildings in the distance. The city thus appears to float on the glowing horizon as gondolas waver like the reflections of the skyline on the water.
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Bibliography

  • Fine, Ruth E.  Drawing Near:  Whistler Etchings from the Zelman Collection.  Los Angeles:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1984.
  • Los Angeles County Museum of Art Members' Calendar 1991. vol. 28-29, no. 12-1 (December, 1990-January, 1992).

Exhibition history

  • Whistler’s Etchings: An Art of Suggestion Los Angeles, CA, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, April 12, 2012 - July 22, 2012