Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket
James Abbot McNeill Whistler (1834–1903)
c. 1875
Oil on panel
23.7 × 18.3 inches (60.3 × 46.4 cm)
Collection: Detroit Institute of the Arts number 46.309
Provenance: Artist sold to Samuel Untermyer, New York, 1892; Untermyer family's sale, Parke-Bernet, New York, May 10, 1940, lot 29. Charles Sessler, Knoedler, New York. Scott and Fowles, New York, 1946 Acquired in 1946.