Valley Landscape

John Varley

Associated Names
John Varley

Artist, British, 1778 - 1842

The image shows swirling mix of dark and light tones forming irregular shapes and lines across the canvas. Central dark mass resembles a cloud or burst of smoke, with surrounding lighter areas evoking textures of stormy sky or turbulent sea. The overall effect is reminiscent of billowing smoke or waves crashing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    brush and gray-brown wash on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William B. O'Neal

  • Dimensions

    overall: 6 x 11.6 cm (2 3/8 x 4 9/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1995.52.186

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Unidentified collector (initials I.A.W. penciled on verso); (Covent Garden Gallery, Ltd. [William Drummond], London); purchased by William B. O'Neal, Charlottesville, VA, 1978-1994; gift to NGA, 1995.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, lower center in graphite: J Varley / Ex Coll. / I.A.W.; by later hand, upper left verso in graphite: CH 24/2

Wikidata ID

Q64584419

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