The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler
M.0539
At the piano
Date
At the piano dates from 1875. It is a study for the drypoint The Piano [144], which is dated 1875.
At the piano, Private Collection
The drawing is fully catalogued in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 539) where it is dated '1873/5'. The provenance has been updated.
Images
At the piano, Private Collection
The Piano, drypoint, G.144, National Gallery of Art, DC
At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago
Note that the images are wrongly identified in the 1995 catalogue, with the image of this drawing, currently in a private collection, entered as a similar study also called At the piano m0538, which is in the Art Institute of Chicago.
Subject
Sitter
At the piano, Private Collection
Alice Foy Greaves (1852-1921).
Technique
Composition
At the piano, Private Collection
The Piano, drypoint, G.144, National Gallery of Art, DC
It is a study for the drypoint The Piano [144].
History
Provenance
- 1910/1918: possibly sold by Frida Uhl Strindberg (1872-1943) to William Stephen Marchant (1868-1925), London art dealer.
- 1923: with Knoedler's, New York art dealers (label);
- 1981: bought by Thomas Colville (n/a), New York art dealer;
- 1981/1984: bought by Ira Spanierman (n/a), New York art dealer;
- 1984: bought by Knoedler's;
- 1986: sold to a private collector.
- 2013: sold at auction, Sotheby's, New York, 31 October-1 November 2013 (lot 12) as 'Study for At the Piano'.
See further details in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 539).
Exhibitions
It was not exhibited in Whistler's lifetime.
Bibliography
Catalogues Raisonnés
- MacDonald, Margaret F., James McNeill Whistler. Drawings, Pastels and Watercolours. A Catalogue Raisonné, New Haven and London, 1995 (cat. no. 539) as 'At the piano'.
Catalogues 1906-Present
SALE:
- Sotheby's, New York, 31 October-1 November 2013 (lot 12) as 'Study for At the Piano'.
Websites
- Margaret F. MacDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock, James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné, University of Glasgow, 2012, online website., G.144.