The Star

1907

Alvin Langdon Coburn

Associated Names
Alvin Langdon Coburn

Artist, British, born United States, 1882 - 1966

The image shows a dark seascape with a sailboat in the foreground and another boat in the distance. The horizon is visible, with the sun partially obscured behind clouds. The painting has a dreamy, soft-focus effect with a color palette of dark tones, including charcoal, black, and gray. The moonlight creates white highlights on the water's surface.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    photogravure

  • Credit Line

    Gift of David Mahoney and Winn Ellis

  • Dimensions

    image: 20.3 × 15.3 cm (8 × 6 in.)
    sheet: 21.8 × 16.4 cm (8 9/16 × 6 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2024.68.12

  • Volume Title

    A Door in the Wall and Other Stories

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(sale, Butterfields, April 1988, lot 4727); David Mahoney, San Francisco; gift to NGA, 2024.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

on verso of mat, by unknown hand, lower center in graphite: A.L. Coburn — Photogravure [illegible] / A Door in The Wall

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