American masters of painting : being brief appreciations of some American painters illustrated with examples of their work (1903)
Caffin, Charles Henry, 1854-1918 · London : Richards · leaf 72
The Whistler thatwe see in this picture, sitting sideways on a chair,his elbow on the back of it and his long fingersthrust through the snaky black hair, representsthe last word in modernity; thrilling with ner-vous vibration, keyed to snapping intensity; acreation of brilliant egoism, quivering on… … Oi W X H CS O w S -1 r/2 72 X ^ u hJ Qi ^ <r w /. UJ u d: s H , < o S r- < I-—1 -r a: CQ I- Gi O Cu JAMES A. McNeill whistler 43 the eye and touch of cynicism on the lip notenough to disguise an underlying sweetness andfreshness of mind. The other, in its half-truth,is a travesty; this…
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