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Bright blue sky with large, fluffy clouds painted in soft grays and warm, golden highlights.
Exhibition

Chasing Clouds

OverviewExhibition Objects
Sky at Dusk, Pierre Henri de Valenciennes or Circle French, Oil on paper
Sky at Dusk
Pierre Henri de Valenciennes or Circle
[Camera Obscura], Unknown, Wood, glass, optics
[Camera Obscura]
Unknown
19th century
Cloud Study, Johan Christian Dahl Norwegian, Oil on paper
Cloud Study
Johan Christian Dahl
Hampstead Heath with Bathers, John Constable British, Oil on canvas
Hampstead Heath with Bathers
John Constable
ca. 1821–22
Cloud Study with Distant Mountains, Alexandre Desgoffe French, Oil on paper, laid down on canvas
Cloud Study with Distant Mountains
Alexandre Desgoffe
Approach to Montevideo, Uruguay, Conrad Martens British, Watercolor over graphite
Approach to Montevideo, Uruguay
Conrad Martens
1832
Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m., Joseph Michael Gandy British, Watercolor over graphite
Landscape with rising sun, December 1, 1828, 8:30 a.m.
Joseph Michael Gandy
1828
Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome, Henri-Joseph Harpignies French, Pen and black ink, brush, gray and blue-gray washes
Saint Peter's Seen From the Pincio, Rome
Henri-Joseph Harpignies
1856
Cloud study, John Constable British, Watercolor over graphite
Cloud study
John Constable
1830–35
Cloud Study, Jean-Michel Cels Belgian, Oil on cardboard
Cloud Study
Jean-Michel Cels
ca. 1838–42
Salisbury Plain with Old Sarum in the distance, Wiltshire, William Turner of Oxford British, Watercolor over graphite, with reductive techniques and gum arabic
Salisbury Plain with Old Sarum in the distance, Wiltshire
William Turner of Oxford
1835–45
Clouds Heavy with Rain above Flyvesandsbakkerne and Lake Arresø, Johan Thomas Lundbye Danish, Oil on paper, laid down on cardboard
Clouds Heavy with Rain above Flyvesandsbakkerne and Lake Arresø
Johan Thomas Lundbye
1838
Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon, Jean-Michel Cels Belgian, Oil on paper
Cloud Study in the Late Afternoon
Jean-Michel Cels
1840
[Landscape], Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat French, Daguerreotype
[Landscape]
Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat
Stanislas Ratel
1844
Sunset, Eugène Delacroix French, Pastel on blue laid paper
Sunset
Eugène Delacroix
ca. 1850
[The Pavillon de Flore and the Tuileries Gardens], Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat French, Daguerreotype
[The Pavillon de Flore and the Tuileries Gardens]
Marie-Charles-Isidore Choiselat
Stanislas Ratel
1849
[Cloud Study, Paris], Charles Marville French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[Cloud Study, Paris]
Charles Marville
1856–1857
[The Nile in front of the Theban Hills], John Beasley Greene American, Salted paper print from paper negative
[The Nile in front of the Theban Hills]
John Beasley Greene
1853–54
Malines Station, Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut French, Salted paper print from paper negative
Malines Station
Louis-Pierre-Théophile Dubois de Nehaut
1854
[Cloud Study, Paris], Charles Marville French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[Cloud Study, Paris]
Charles Marville
1855–56
Pugahm Myo: Distant View of Gauda-palen Pagoda, Linnaeus Tripe British, Albumen silver print from waxed(?) paper negative
Pugahm Myo: Distant View of Gauda-palen Pagoda
Linnaeus Tripe
August 20–24, 1855
[Landscape with Clouds], Roger Fenton British, Salted paper print from glass negative
On loan to The Met
[Landscape with Clouds]
Roger Fenton
probably 1856
[Landscape with Clouds], Roger Fenton British, Salted paper print from glass negative
[Landscape with Clouds]
Roger Fenton
probably 1856
Study of Clouds and Rooftops, Franck-François-Genès Chauvassaignes French, Salted paper print from glass negative
Study of Clouds and Rooftops
Franck-François-Genès Chauvassaignes
1856–59
Mediterranean Sea - Sète, Gustave Le Gray French, Albumen silver print from two glass negatives
Mediterranean Sea - Sète
Gustave Le Gray
1857
[The Great Wave, Sète], Gustave Le Gray French, Albumen silver print from glass negative
[The Great Wave, Sète]
Gustave Le Gray
1857
On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey, William Callow British, Watercolor
On the Wharfe, Bolton Abbey
William Callow
September 30, 1858
La Ciotat, Edouard Baldus French, born Prussia, Albumen silver print from paper negative
La Ciotat
Edouard Baldus
ca. 1860
Savannah, Georgia, No. 2, George N. Barnard American, Albumen silver print from glass negative
Savannah, Georgia, No. 2
George N. Barnard
1866
Moonlight at Yarmouth
Colonel Henry Stuart-Wortley
ca. 1872
Cloud Study (recto, from sketchbook), Jervis McEntee American, White gouache on blue paper, American
Cloud Study (recto, from sketchbook)
Jervis McEntee
1869
Sketch of Clouds and Sea (from Sketchbook VII), William Trost Richards American, Graphite on off-white wove paper, American
Sketch of Clouds and Sea (from Sketchbook VII)
William Trost Richards
1886
Clouds, John Singer Sargent American, Watercolor on white wove paper, American
Clouds
John Singer Sargent
1897
[Claude Mirror], Unknown, Glass, leather case
[Claude Mirror]
Unknown
19th century
[Mary Warner and Edeltrude on the Brow of a Hill], Heinrich Kühn Austrian, born Germany, Autochrome
[Mary Warner and Edeltrude on the Brow of a Hill]
Heinrich Kühn
ca. 1908
The Big White Cloud, Lake George, Edward J. Steichen American, born Luxembourg, Direct carbon print
The Big White Cloud, Lake George
Edward J. Steichen
1903, printed 1904
The Dancing Trees, Alfred Stieglitz American, Palladium print
The Dancing Trees
Alfred Stieglitz
1922
Music – A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs, No. 1, Alfred Stieglitz American, Platinum print
Music – A Sequence of Ten Cloud Photographs, No. 1
Alfred Stieglitz
1922
Equivalent
Alfred Stieglitz
1923
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
Equivalent
Alfred Stieglitz
1923
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1924
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1925
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1925
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1925
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1925
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1925
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1926
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1926
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1927
The Dying Chestnut Tree – My Teacher
Alfred Stieglitz
1927
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
ca. 1930
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1929
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1929
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1929
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1929
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1929
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1930
Equivalent, Alfred Stieglitz American, Gelatin silver print
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Alfred Stieglitz
1933