A Child on a Couch, No. 2
James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903) · 1874–75 · drypoint
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About this picture
A Child on a Couch, No. 2 is a CC0 illustration by James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903), dated 1874–75. Drypoint. The file comes from Cleveland Museum of Art.
“A Child on a Couch, No. 2” (1874–75) is meant to be read as a harmony of tone. Whistler often called such pictures arrangements or nocturnes rather than views of a place.
About the artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903) was an American artist working in London and Paris. He titled many pictures as arrangements or nocturnes, asking that they be seen as harmonies of tone, not only as portraits of a place.
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