Detail from The Canal, Amsterdam, 1889, James McNeill Whistler, The Hunterian, University of Glasgow

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At the piano

Composition


                    At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago
At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago

                    At the piano, Private Collection
At the piano, Private Collection

                    The Piano, drypoint, G.144, National Gallery of Art, DC
The Piano, drypoint, G.144, National Gallery of Art, DC

This is one of two studies (see also At the piano [M.0539], reproduced above) for the drypoint The Piano [144].

Technique


                    At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago
At the piano, Art Institute of Chicago

The Art Institute of Chicago identified the medium as black chalk rather than conté crayon, as suggested in MacDonald 1995 (cat. rais.) [more] (cat. no. 538). 1

Notes:

1: Stephanie L. Strother, 'Cat. 17 At the Piano, 1873/75: Curatorial Entry,' in Clarke, Jay A., and Sarah Kelly Oehler, eds., Whistler Paintings and Drawings at the Art Institute of Chicago, The Art Institute of Chicago, 2020, website (cat. no. 17).

Last updated: 11th December 2020 by Margaret