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Opal Beach by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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Opal Beach

Opal Beach

Opal Beach

James McNeill Whistler

1880

Medium: Watercolor on paper
Genre: Paintings
Museum: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

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Zinc whiteCerulean bluewaterVermilionArtBone blackYellow ochermounting

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Several figures scattered along a broad beach; the sea in the distance; unsigned.

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