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The Bell Buoy

William Trost Richards

National Gallery of Art

This painting shows a scene of an ocean with choppy waves under a cloudy sky. The crashing waves are depicted with white, blue, and green colors. A buoy is seen in the sea off to the right, tilted to the side. The water and sky are highlighted with pale streaks of pink. The painting is surrounded by an off-white border that some of the paint colors seem to bleed into.

Artwork Details

Date
1894
Medium
watercolor with white highlights over graphite on wove paper
Dimensions
4000 × 2374 px
Public Domain
Yes
Museum Record
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