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Thistles, 1883–89. Oil on canvas.
Oil on canvas · 55.9 × 71.8 cm · Art Institute of Chicago · Impressionism · Modernism
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- Museum title
- Thistles
- Artist
- John Singer Sargent (American, 1856–1925)
- Date
- 1883–89
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 55.9 × 71.8 cm (22 × 28 1/4 in.)
- Credit line
- Gift of Brooks McCormick
- Image license
- CC0 1.0 · Public domain
- Museum record
- Art Institute of Chicago
Galler’s rooms and hanging scale are imagined. The image is the museum’s original digital reproduction.