Aesthetic Movement James McNeill Whistler Autographed Photograph of Blue and Silver The Blue Wave Biarritz Reflecting Art for Art’s Sake
Whistler, James McNeill. Signed albumen photograph of Blue and Silver: The Blue Wave, Biarritz, after the 1862 painting, a document of the Aesthetic Movement and Whistler’s articulation of “art for art’s sake” within nineteenth century British and transatlantic visual culture. The original canvas, executed following Whistler’s stay in Biarritz, exemplifies.....