Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Alexander Cozens, 1717–1786, British
Title:
Close of the Day: Sunset on the Coast
Date:
between 1768 and 1775
Materials & Techniques:
Oil and graphite on thick, moderately textured, laid paper
Dimensions:
Sheet: 9 5/8 x 12 1/4 inches (24.4 x 31.1 cm)
Inscription(s)/Marks/Lettering:
Inscribed on back of original mount: "CLOSE OF THE DAY."
Credit Line:
Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Accession Number:
B1981.25.168
Classification:
Drawings & Watercolors
Collection:
Prints and Drawings
Subject Terms:
mountains | hills | sea | coast | sunset | landscape | orange
Currently On View:
Not on view
Exhibition History:
Goethe and the Visual Arts (Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, 1994-05-20 - 1994-08-07)

Alexander and J. R. Cozens (Art Gallery of Ontario, 1987-01-30 - 1987-03-29)

Oil on Water - Oil Sketches by British Watercolorists (Yale Center for British Art, 1986-08-26 - 1986-11-09)

The Art of Alexander and John Robert Cozens (Yale Center for British Art, 1980-09-17 - 1980-11-16)
Publications:
Malcolm Cormack, Oil on water, oil sketches by British watercolorists , Yale Center for British Art, New Haven, 1986, p. 25, fig. 17, ND467 C67 (YCBA)

Kim Sloan, Alexander and John Robert Cozens, the poetry of landscape , Yale University Press, New Haven and London, 1986, pp. 55, 59, pl. 71, NJ18 C83 S56 (YCBA)
Link:
https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/tms:9512