The Palace; white and pink
James McNeill Whistler · 1879/1880 · pastel and conté crayon on brown wove paper
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About this picture
The Palace; white and pink is a public-domain drawing by James McNeill Whistler, dated 1879/1880. Pastel and conté crayon on brown wove paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“The Palace; white and pink” (1879/1880) 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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