Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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Brittany

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The Critic, 30 November 1895, commented that Whistler had 'sent three pastels, delicate and exquisite in colour – suggestions, dreams, flashes of light from the wings of the butterfly as it flits by.'

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According to the title, a scene in Brittany, France.

Last updated: 6th March 2021 by Margaret