- Title:
Nocturne in Blue and Silver
- Date:
- 1872 to 1878, butterfly added ca. 1885
- Medium:
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions:
- 17 1/2 x 24 inches (44.5 x 61 cm), Frame: 27 1/4 × 33 3/8 × 2 5/8 inches (69.2 × 84.8 × 6.7 cm)
- Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Signed in monogram with butterfly, lower left
- Credit Line:
- Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Fund
- Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Accession Number:
- B1994.19
- Classification:
- Paintings
- Collection:
- Paintings and Sculpture
- Link to Frame:
- B1994.19FR
- Subject Terms:
- abstract art | blue | boat | buildings | clock tower | dark | darkness | factories | industry | lights | marine art | music | night | river | sea | seascape | shore (landform) | signature (name) | town | water | waterfront
- Associated Places:
- Battersea | Chelsea | England | Greater London | London | Thames | United Kingdom
- Access:
- On view at the Yale University Art Gallery
Note: To make an appointment to see this work, please contact the Paintings and Sculpture department at ycba.paintings@yale.edu. Please visit the Paintings and Sculpture collections page on our website for more details. - Link:
- https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:5065
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YUAG European Galleries (Yale University Art Gallery, 2023-12-01 - 2025-01-15) [YCBA Objects in the Exhibition]
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