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Painter:
Quartley, Arthur 1839-1886  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, P. O. Box 8 Williamstown Massachusetts 01267 Accession Number: 914
Date:
1881
Notes:
Conrads, Margaret C., "American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, pg. 136.
Summary:
Evening landscape illuminated by moonlight breaking through a cloudy sky and shedding light on sailboats along the coast. Houses on the shore are silhouetted against the moonlight sky.
Topic:
Landscape--Coast  Search this
Landscape--Time--Night  Search this
Landscape--Celestial--Moon  Search this
Waterscape--Boat  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--House  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Sailboat  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23480070
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_366402