J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours

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Joseph Mallord William Turner Clouds in a Bright Sky c.1820-40

Joseph Mallord William Turner, ‘Clouds in a Bright Sky’ c.1820-40
Joseph Mallord William Turner 1775–1851
Clouds in a Bright Sky c.1820–40
D25403
Turner Bequest CCLXIII 280
Watercolour on white wove paper, 170 x 244 mm
Blind-stamped with Turner Bequest monogram right of centre
Inscribed in red ink ‘180’ bottom right
Stamped in black ‘CCLXIII – 180’ bottom right
Accepted by the nation as part of the Turner Bequest 1856
In this minimal study, loose areas of grey and yellow washes are activated by the delicate application of a cluster of thin blue strokes applied wet in wet at the centre to evoke a formation of high cirrus cloud.
Verso:
Blank; inscribed in pencil ‘CCLXIII | 280’ bottom right.

Matthew Imms
March 2016

How to cite

Matthew Imms, ‘Clouds in a Bright Sky c.1820–40 by Joseph Mallord William Turner’, catalogue entry, March 2016, in David Blayney Brown (ed.), J.M.W. Turner: Sketchbooks, Drawings and Watercolours, Tate Research Publication, November 2016, https://www.tate.org.uk/art/research-publications/jmw-turner/joseph-mallord-william-turner-clouds-in-a-bright-sky-r1183158, accessed 24 April 2024.