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Who filed a libel lawsuit after this painting was criticized?

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American. 1834-1903. Nocturne in Black and Gold. the Falling Rocket. 1875. Oil on panel. Unframed: 23 3/4 × 18 3/8 inches (60.3 × 46.7 cm)
Retry Correct Incorrect According to the Detroit Institute Of Arts, James Abbott McNeill Whistler had based Nocturne in Black and Gold, the Falling Rocket on a fireworks display in London’s Cremorne Gardens. However, art critic John Ruskin was sued for libel after saying he “never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public’s face.” Since Whistler’s process was more involved than that, he won his libel lawsuit but was only rewarded a farthing.
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Who filed a libel lawsuit after this painting was criticized?

  • Henri Fantin-Latour
  • James Abbott McNeill Whistler
  • Diego Velázquez
  • Alphonse Legros
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