Muted Tones

The palette stays soft and subdued throughout, with figures, streets, gardens and quiet still lifes rendered in gentle, dusty tones rather than anything bold. Portraits, riverside views and studies of fruit or moths share this same hushed restraint, giving a calm, unforced mood. Muted tones like these settle easily into a living room or spa.

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A glowing blue figure surrounded by radiating lines and illuminated circular forms against a dark background.

Leonetto Cappiello

Study for electrical device advertisement

1922 · pastel drawing

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A green demon with purple face and wings holds a bottle against a black background with yellow text reading "Maurin Quina.

Leonetto Cappiello

1908 · Color lithograph

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A crowded beach scene with white bathing cabins, fortress walls, and figures in early 20th-century dress along a blue-green shoreline.

La marée haute a Saint-Malô (High tide at St Malô)

1911 · Oil on canvas

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A serene river landscape with tall grasses and water lilies in the foreground, dense green trees lining the distant bank under an overcast sky.

John Leslie Breck

Grey Day on the Charles

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Haystacks in a misty field with trees and distant spires along a river under pale morning light.

John Leslie Breck

Morning Fog and Sun

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Artwork depicting an American flag at the center surrounded by radiating bursts of blue, red, and white fireworks against a dark background.

Florine Stettheimer

Fourth of July Number 1

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Two figures in pink and brown clothing connected by a string sit on chairs against a pale blue background with a horse portrait above.

Florine Stettheimer

Portrait of Marcel Duchamp and Rose Sélavy

1923 · Oil on canvas laid down on board

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A beach scene depicting figures in light clothing seated and standing on sand and in shallow water, painted in muted tones of beige, blue, and brown.

On the Beach (Royan)

1908 · oil on canvas on (hardboard)

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A white bowl overflowing with dark green stems and colorful zinnias against a light gray background with draped curtains.

Florine Stettheimer

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Three women in white dresses and hats in an interior space with dark walls and red flowers visible in the upper left.

A summer morning

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Delicate watercolor painting depicting floating figures suspended beneath drooping trees with a sun and colorful banner against a pale background.

Florine Stettheimer

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Two women sit at a table surrounded by floral patterns; one holds fruit, the other rests her chin on her hand, against a blue background.

Florine Stettheimer

Jenny and Genevieve

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A painted bowl containing green stems and tulips in red, purple, and yellow sits against a pale background with decorative borders.

Florine Stettheimer

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A young woman with dark hair wearing a white draped garment stands against large white wings in muted earth tones.

Abbott Handerson Thayer

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Futurist painting depicting the Brooklyn Bridge with geometric steel beams in white, gray, and blue tones intersecting vertical architectural forms.

Brooklyn Bridge

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Industrial landscape featuring dark factory silhouettes with glowing windows, white angular beams, and colorful geometric accents against a dark blue background.

By-Products Plants

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A white bell tower with red roof beside a dark cypress tree and yellow building against a blue sky.

oil on canvas laid on panel

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A dark silhouetted mountain rises against an ethereal explosion of white, yellow, and blue light in the upper composition.

Pyrotechnic Fires

1919 · pastel on paper

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Abstract painting of stylized flowers and foliage with blue, green, pink, and dark tones in vertical composition.

Pastel on gauze-covered paper

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Industrial steel mill with towering black smokestacks, yellow and red striped buildings, and white smoke against a blue sky.

1919 · Gouache on paper mounted on paperboard

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Five vertical panels depicting stylized urban architecture and infrastructure in blues, greens, oranges, and whites.

The Voice of the City of New York Interpreted

1920 · Oil and tempera on canvas

Telegraph pole silhouette dominates foreground with industrial buildings, crosses, and dark trees against blue sky with white clouds.

Telegraph Poles with Buildings

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A stylized red flower with blue stamens dominates the center, surrounded by dark architectural forms and ornamental patterns in blues, greens, and golds.

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A densely layered abstract composition in yellow, blue, red, and green depicting fragmented forms suggesting movement and light.

Battle of Lights, Coney Island, Mardi Gras

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