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Painting of a woman with auburn hair and a red shawl gazing upward against a dark background, her pale hand resting at lower left.

A Song

A woman with loose auburn hair and a red shawl gazes upward out of a dark background, her face lit softly from the left. Her pale hand rests at lower left on a dark surface, with a thin light object beside it, in loose, sketchy oil brushwork.

Artist
Alice Pike Barney
Date
ca. 1895
Medium
oil on canvas
Source
Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum)
Size
1891 × 3000 px
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Public domain · Smithsonian (Smithsonian American Art Museum) releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1900).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Smithsonian Open Access)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Smithsonian Institution, Smithsonian American Art Museum

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