Moonlight at Low Tide

c. 1885

James Craig Nicoll

Associated Names
James Craig Nicoll

Artist, American, 1846 - 1918

The image shows a nautical scene with a body of water under a night sky. The horizon is low in the composition. A sailboat is silhouetted against the water, lit by a full moon partially hidden by clouds. The sky and water are detailed with varied texture, with dark outlines contrasting against the moonlit path on the water. The color palette is monochromatic with black, gray, and the moon's pale glow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching and aquatint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Jacob Kainen

  • Dimensions

    plate: 12.7 x 19.6 cm (5 x 7 11/16 in.)
    sheet: 22.8 x 33 cm (9 x 13 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2002.98.168

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Rona Schneider, Brooklyn Heights, NY); Jacob Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased April 5, 1997; gift to NGA, 2002.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2002

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003.

  • An Artist's Artists: Jacob Kainen's Collection from Rembrandt to David Smith, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no cat.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: J.C. Nicoll; lower left in plate: Nicoll

Wikidata ID

Q76342784

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