In this artwork, how is the abstract discussed?
The Siren is a painting by John William Waterhouse. The painting depicts a siren sitting at the edge of a cliff, lyre in hand, staring down at a shipwrecked sailor floating in water, who in turn is staring up at her.
The picture was painted in 1900 and is now part of a private collection. The estimated sales price for the painting in 2003 was one million pounds.It was last sold in 2018 by Seymour Stein for about five million USD.
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