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James McNeill Whistler

La Belle Dame Endormie (The Beautiful Woman Asleep)

1894
Transfer lithograph; only state (Chicago); printed in black ink on medium weight ivory laid paper
20.2 × 15.6 cm (8 × 6.1 in)

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