Sentence examples for picture on which from inspiring English sources

The day after the sale, he called Sotheby's about one of the unsold lots — a picture on which the bidding had stopped short of the minimum price, or "reserve," the owner had set for it.

The second picture on which the auction house staked high hopes was one of the 30 or so views of water lilies ("Nymphéas") painted by Monet.

In it, the friar, known to have had contacts with Leonardo, describes a "Sainte Anne" picture on which the artist was then at work.

It is a picture on which a good deal of money has been lavished, but it has not been a wasted.

His 4 1/2-year-old daughter, Francesca, was there with him, drawing a picture on which her father had written, "To Carlo, from Francesca".

Nothing proves a decision such as this to be right or wrong until there is a much broader picture on which to draw.

For children in particular there is a challenge in searching for sources, and even for adults Landy's use of details encourages one to look again more closely at the pictures on which they are based.

The company's pictures on which she was a producer or executive producer include "Broadcast News" (1987), "The War of the Roses" (1989) and "Bottle Rocket" (1996).

"What most people ignored about 'Immediate Family,' " Ms. Mann says, "were the everyday pictures on which the icons were built that gave them meaning.

The chronological order of Bonnard's paintings is difficult to determine, for he would make sketches in pencil or colour and then use them as the basis for several pictures on which he would work simultaneously.

(Proust's narrator likewise recalls the flat plates, adorned with pictures, on which his aunt liked her "creamed eggs" to be served). On the rooftop, Cleo does the family's washing and hangs it up to dry; sunlight gleams through the white lace and cotton in a beatific haze.