Exploding tradition, Whistler's Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket
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)
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