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Joseph Pennell
Blue Night, Londoncirca 1894-1909

Not on view
Horizontal watercolor landscape in shades of blue depicting a wide river at night, with silhouetted trees in the foreground, a small boat on the water, and a distant cityscape with small points of colored light
Artist or Maker
Joseph Pennell
United States, also active England, 1857-1926
Title
Blue Night, London
Place Made
United States
Date Made
circa 1894-1909
Medium
Watercolor on light blue paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 10 x 13 13/16 in.; 25.4 x 35.0838 cm; framed: 17 5/16 x 21 1/16 in. (43.97 x 53.50 cm)
Credit Line
Mr. and Mrs. William Preston Harrison Collection
Accession Number
31.12.18
Classification
Drawings
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings
Selected Bibliography
  • Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick. American Art: a Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991.
  • Davis, Bruce. Master Drawings in the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Stevens, Matthew, ed. Los Angeles : Los Angeles County Museum of Art; New York : Distributed by Hudson Hills Press, 1997.
  • Curry, Larry. American Pastels And Watercolors. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1969.