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James McNeill Whistler: Nocturne in Black and Gold – The Falling Rocket  wikidata:Q646337 reasonator:Q646337
Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)  wikidata:Q203643 s:en:Author:James Abbott McNeill Whistler q:en:James McNeill Whistler
 
James McNeill Whistler
Alternative names
Birth name: James Abbot McNeill Whistler
Description American painter, etcher, illustrator, writer, lithographer and printmaker
Date of birth/death 10 July 1834 Edit this at Wikidata 17 July 1903 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Lowell Edit this at Wikidata London Edit this at Wikidata
Work location
London Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
artist QS:P170,Q203643
image of artwork listed in title parameter on this page
Title
Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
Object type painting Edit this at Wikidata
Genre marine art Edit this at Wikidata
Date 1875
date QS:P571,+1875-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
Medium oil on panel
medium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions height: 60.3 cm (23.7 in); width: 46.4 cm (18.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,60.3U174728
dimensions QS:P2049,46.4U174728
institution QS:P195,Q1201549
Current location
Detroit, Michigan, USA
Accession number
46.309
Place of creation United States Edit this at Wikidata
Credit line Gift of Dexter M. Ferry, Jr.
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Source/Photographer http://www.dia.org/the_collection/overview/viewobject.asp?objectid=64931
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Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket (c. 1875). Detroit Institute of Arts

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current19:26, 16 December 2008Thumbnail for version as of 19:26, 16 December 20082,030 × 2,700 (1.84 MB)Holly Chenglarger version from DIA web site
07:44, 2 May 2005Thumbnail for version as of 07:44, 2 May 2005500 × 664 (58 KB)FeydeyJames Abbott McNeill Whistler (American, 1834-1903) - Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket ca. 1875; Oil on panel; 60.3 x 46.4 cm From: [http://history.dia.org/collections/amerart/tonalism/46.309.html] {{PD}}

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