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James McNeill Whistler

Nocturne

1879–80
Etching and drypoint; ninth state of nine from the cancelled plate (Glasgow); printed in dark brown ink on fine laid paper
20 × 29.2 cm (7.9 × 11.5 in)

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In the collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York · as of July 2026

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