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St. Ives: Sunset by James McNeill Whistler — VisualArtsDB

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St. Ives: Sunset

St. Ives: Sunset

St. Ives: Sunset

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 whiteIron oxide redwaterVermilionbirdsArtBone blackYellow ocher

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A seascape at sunset, with several sailboats at the left, and above them a bird in flight; unsigned.

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