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

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Figures in a doorway

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                    Figures in a doorway, Private Collection
Figures in a doorway, Private Collection

The walls and the road were painted with broad washes of paint, which dripped and separated as it dried. The horizontal grain of the paper is visible. Fine, jerky brushwork outlined the woman by the door. Two dogs are cursorily sketched in the foreground.

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