Note in Blue and Opal—The Sun Cloud
1883 or 1884
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- 12.4 × 21.7 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-124991
Ten of the St. Ives oils, including Note in Blue and Opal: The Sun Cloud, were included in an exhibition of Whistler's work that opened at the Dowdeswells' Gallery in London in May 1884. One unusually sympathetic reviewer praised several of the St. Ives subjects for their "high finish" (provocatively redefining "finish" in a very unconventional way) and bravura brushwork: "Beauty of handling and …
Provenance
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Registry history
- 1883 or 1884 — Recorded in the collection of National Museum of Asian Art
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