Photos: Hanging Whistler’s ‘Mother’ and others at Norton Simon

PASADENA, CALIF. -- MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015: Workers get ready to lift the Ãdouard Manet painting, ””Ãmile Zola,” to be mounted for display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 23, 2015. Part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum, these paintings, James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, Ãdouard Manet’Â’s ””Ãmile Zola” and Paul CézanneÂ’’s ””The Card Players”” will be available for viewing at the Norton Simon museum from March 27 through June 22. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015: Last but not least, museum workers work together properly mount and align James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s painting, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, onto the wall for display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 23, 2015. Part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum, these paintings - James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, Ãdouard Manet’Â’s ””Ãmile Zola” and Paul CézanneÂ’’s ””The Card Players”” will be available for viewing at the Norton Simon museum from March 27 through June 22.(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015: Light from the display spotlights are properly measured and adjusted to provide a evenly lit presentation of James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s painting, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 24, 2015. Part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum, these paintings - James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, Ãdouard Manet’Â’s ””Ãmile Zola” and Paul CézanneÂ’’s ””The Card Players”” will be available for viewing at the Norton Simon museum from March 27 through June 22. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015: A worker measures the luminance of the display spotlights pointed at Paul CézanneÂ’’s painting, “”The Card Players,” part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 24, 2015. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015: A worker puts touch up paint onto the painting wall mounts to match the wall color at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 24, 2015. Part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum, these paintings - James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, Ãdouard Manet’Â’s ””Ãmile Zola” and Paul CézanneÂ’’s ””The Card Players”” will be available for viewing at the Norton Simon museum from March 27 through June 22.(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- MONDAY, MARCH 23, 2015: Emily A. Beeny, Associate Curator of the Norton Simon museum, supervises museum workers as they mount 19th century masterpiece paintings for display at the Norton Simon Museum in Pasadena, Calif., on March 23, 2015. Part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum, these paintings - James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, Ãdouard Manet’Â’s ””Ãmile Zola” and Paul CézanneÂ’’s ””The Card Players”” will be available for viewing at the Norton Simon museum from March 27 through June 22.(Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)

PASADENA, CALIF. -- TUESDAY, MARCH 24, 2015: James Abbott McNeill Whistler’s painting, “Arrangement in Grey and Black No.1,” also famous under its colloquial name Whistler’s Mother, part of a 19th century masterpiece swap between the Musée d’Orsay in Paris and the Norton Simon Museum sits on display after its installation in Pasadena, Calif., on March 24, 2015. (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)  (Marcus Yam / Los Angeles Times)