In a Station of the Metro

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A watercolor painting of a Parisian Metro subway station with a train pulling into the platform, surrounded by a large crowd of people. The "METRO" sign is visible on the left side of the station entrance. A poem is written in a cursive font on the top right side that reads, "The apparition of these faces in the crowd; Petals on a wet, black bough." - From the haiku “In a Station of the Metro” by Ezra Pound. Cherry blossom flowers are painted along a thick black tree branch that runs horizontally across the upper middle of the painting. The painting has a muted color palette of blues, grays, and browns, with touches of pink in the cherry blossoms and pale skin tones on the faces of the crowd. The crowd filling the subway platform below the cherry blossoms, all looking forward. In the far background, a subway car is visible on the tracks, waiting for the people. The painting is framed with a white border.