A Seascape with Two Sail Boats

John Constable

Associated Names
John Constable

Artist, British, 1776 - 1837

This painting shows a seascape with a tall sailboat visible on the left. The horizon is low in the image, creating a vast sky. In the distance on the right, there is a faint outline of another sailboat. The color scheme is soft, including shades of blue along and the beige of the underlying paper showing through. The sky has soft, rolling clouds, and the green-blue sea shows gentle waves. The brushstrokes in the painting are loose and visible.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite (in the sailboat at left) on beige laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 11.4 x 18 cm (4 1/2 x 7 1/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2009.70.99

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Spink & Son, Ltd., London). Joseph F. McCrindle [1923-2008], New York; Joseph F. McCrindle Foundation, 2008; gift to NGA, 2009.

Associated Names

Bibliography

2012

  • Grasselli, Margaret M., and Arthur K. Wheelock, Jr., eds. The McCrindle Gift: A Distinguished Collection of Drawings and Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art. Washington, 2012: 168 (color).

Inscriptions

by later hand, along top verso in graphite: ... (see similar drawings in [inscription is cut off by hinges]

Watermarks

crown?

Wikidata ID

Q64582180

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