James Abbott McNeill Whistler and Peter Lippmann

Aesthete artist and dandy, James Abbott McNeill Whistler, painted Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1, better known as Whistler’s Mother, in 1871. The portrait or arrangement as Whistler preferred, was not recieved with praise in London at the Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Art in 1872 and only gained its success years later in Paris when it was acquired by the Musée du Luxembourg in 1891. Today, Whistler’s Mother has come to represent motherhood and family values and is often recreated and referenced in popular culture. For Christian Louboutin’s FW 2011 lookbook campaign, photographer Peter Lippmann recreated several of history’s most well-known works of art, including and perhaps likening the red Louboutin sole to a work of art.

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Whistler's Mother, 1871

James Abbott McNeill Whistler, Whistler’s Mother, 1871

Peter Lippmann for Christian Louboutin, 2011

Peter Lippmann for Christian Louboutin, 2011

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