James McNeill Whistler - Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour 1874
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Harmony in Grey and Peach Colour 1874
193x101cm oil/canvas
Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University, Cambridge
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From Fogg Museum of Art, Harvard University:
After declaring bankruptcy in 1879, Whistler defaced a number of his unfinished paintings so that they would be unsalable. This work, which likely depicts his model and eventual mistress Maud Franklin, is one of those paintings. Though Whistler’s marks were later removed, signs of the work’s incomplete nature remain: for instance, Whistler did not finish the woman’s hands, and his application of paint is uneven. Still, it serves as a noteworthy representation of the artist’s interests and techniques.