Very dark painting of a light-skinned, mostly clean-shaven young man in dark suit and dark full-length coat, holding a rolled-up paper and gloves.

Modernism

Arrangement in Flesh Color and Brown: Portrait of Arthur Jerome Eddy

James McNeill Whistler

artist James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)

date 1894

medium Oil on canvas

origin Paris

dimensions 210.7 × 93.3 cm

credit line Arthur Jerome Eddy Memorial Collection

exhibitions The Floating World and the Flat One

hall 37 Modernism

rights public domain (CC0)

Art Institute of Chicago Full image

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