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The Magpie, 1868
La Pie 1868

The Magpie 1868

La Pie · 喜鹊

A single black bird sits on a wattle fence in a snowbound Normandy landscape, and the whole picture is really about how snow is not white. Monet paints the shadows blue and lilac, which was unusual enough in 1868 that the jury of the Salon rejected it.

关于这幅画

Rejected by the Salon of 1869; bought by Arsène Houssaye, then in the collection of the Musée du Luxembourg before transfer to the Orsay.

版画

棉质画布复制印刷品。非原作,非限量版,无签名。颜色可能与屏幕略有差异。

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