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Results for "James McNeill Whistler"12 records

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The Garden by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Garden

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1879–80 · Print, etching and drypoint

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The Violin Player by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Violin Player

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

c. 1890–94 · Painting, oil on canvas

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Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso) by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto); Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

c. 1872 · Drawing, black chalk and pastel

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The Storm by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Storm

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1861 · Print, drypoint

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Nocturne by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Nocturne

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1878 · Print, lithograph on chine collé

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Confidence in the Garden by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Confidence in the Garden

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1894 · Print, lithograph

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The Laundress: La Blanchisseuse de la place Dauphine by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Laundress: La Blanchisseuse de la place Dauphine

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1894 · Print, transfer lithograph

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The Trial Sermon, Joanna Douglas at Her Desk by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Trial Sermon, Joanna Douglas at Her Desk

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1862 · Print, wood engraving and letterpress

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The Old Rag Woman, No. 10 by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Old Rag Woman, No. 10

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1858 · Print, etching with chine collé

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Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto) by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Japanese Woman Painting a Fan (recto)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

c. 1872 · Drawing, black chalk and pastel

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Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso) by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Standing Woman Holding Up Her Dress (verso)

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

c. 1872 · Drawing, black chalk or crayon

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Twelve Etchings from Nature:  En Plein Soleil by James McNeill Whistler, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Twelve Etchings from Nature: En Plein Soleil

James McNeill Whistler (d. 1903)

1858 · Print, etching on chine collé

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