1880
ink
paper
From the collection of National Gallery of Art
The Little Lagoon is a 1880 ink by James McNeill Whistler, a Impressionism work, held at National Gallery of Art.
This etching shows two skinny poles sticking up from calm water. A few small boats drift near the center. The shore is just a dark line in the distance. Whistler made many lagoon scenes like this. He loved simple shapes and soft light. His prints often look like quick sketches but feel full. Try looking up Whistler, James McNeill next.
James Abbott McNeill Whistler was an American painter in oils and watercolor, and printmaker, active during the American Gilded Age and based primarily in the United Kingdom.
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