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Arrangement in Grey and Black No. 1

James McNeill Whistler, 1871

Whistler reduces the seated profile of his mother to a restrained arrangement of neutral tones, firm horizontals, and spare detail.

Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions: 144.3 × 163 cm
Gallery: Musée d'Orsay
Credit: Purchased from the artist by the French state, 1891

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Realism Aestheticism

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Image via Wikimedia Commons, Public domain.

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