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Whistler in Venice: The Pastels

January 18, 2003 - June 15, 2003

Museum: Freer Gallery of Art

Location: Ground Floor Corridor

As part of a year-long celebration of the centenary of Whistler's death in 1903, the exhibition highlights 14 unusually beautiful and rare pastels along with etchings and a watercolor. Whistler completed 90 pastels while in Venice between September 1879 and November 1880, capturing the varied moods of the watery city.