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Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: The Falling Rocket

by Dr. Beth Harris and Dr. Steven Zucker

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket, 1875, oil on panel, 60.3 × 46.7 cm (Detroit Institute of Arts); a conversation with Dr. Steven Zucker and Dr. Beth Harris

Additional resources:

This painting at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Exhibition titled Whistler and His Followers at the Detroit Institute of Arts

Whistler Nocturnes at the Tate Britain

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Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

Whistler, Nocturne in Black and Gold: the Falling Rocket (detail)

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