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| | ArtLex on Nocturne |
 | | A number of starry dots and passages of clear sky are painted a very dark violet, rendering it somewhat similar to the sky behind this text. |
 | | In his Ten O'Clock Lecture, Whistler analyzed his fascination for the Thames at night, explaining how the evening mist invested the riverside with poetry, transforming chimneys into campanili and warehouses into vast palaces of the night. |
 | | The Starry Night, June 1889 (Saint Rémy), oil on canvas, 29 x 36 1/4 inches (72 x 92 cm), Museum of Modern Art, NY, F 612. |
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