Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket, (painting)

Smithsonian American Art Museum and its Renwick Gallery

Object Details

painter
Whistler, James Abbott McNeill 1834-1903
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 2: Works by artists born 1816-1847," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1997, no. 87.
Czestochowski, Joseph S., "The American landscape tradition: a study and gallery of paintings," New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982, fig. 125.
"Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; a checklist of the paintings acquired before June 1965," Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, 1965.
Montgomery, Elizabeth Miles, "American Impressionists," New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1991, pg. 23.
Image on file.
"American paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts; volume 2: Works by artists born 1816-1847," New York : Hudson Hills Press, 1997, pg. 239.
Montgomery, Elizabeth Miles, "American Impressionists," New York, NY: Crescent Books, 1991, pg. 23.
Czestochowski, Joseph S., "The American landscape tradition: a study and gallery of paintings," New York: E.P. Dutton, 1982, pg. 115.
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary
Sparks from fireworks fall against a night sky.
Ca. 1874
Control number
IAP 24150473
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on oak panel
Owner/Location
Detroit Institute of Arts 5200 Woodward Avenue Detroit Michigan 48202 Accession Number: 46.309
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Topic
Ceremony--Other--Fireworks
Cityscape--Time--Night
Cityscape--England--London
Landscape--Park--Cremorne Gardens
Record ID
siris_ari_273305
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