Swan and Iris
James McNeill Whistler · published 1883 · etching and drypoint in brown on laid paper
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About this picture
Swan and Iris is a public-domain illustration by James McNeill Whistler, dated published 1883. Etching and drypoint in brown on laid paper. The file comes from National Gallery of Art.
“Swan and Iris” (published 1883) 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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