I can honestly say that this is my favorite piece at the DIA. There is something magical about this painting. I think often of my BFF and I spending quite sometime at the museum talking about this painting.
Magic. Magic. Magic.
NOCTURNE IN BLACK AND GOLD, THE FALLING ROCKET
James Abbott McNeill Whistler (American 1834-1903)
Date 1875 Medium Oil on panel Dimensions 23 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. 60.2 x 46.7 cm Framed: 36 3/4 x 30 1/4 x 3 1/4 in. Department American Art before 1950
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