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The Violin Player

The Violin Player

c. 1894
(American, 1834–1903)
America, 19th century
oil on canvas
Unframed: 79 x 53.3 cm (31 1/8 x 21 in.)
Gift of Mrs. Howard P. Eells in memory of her husband Howard Parmelee Eells 1942.1133
Location: not on view
  • van Wisselingh (dealer, London and The Hague), 1903); (to Macbeth Galleries, New York, 20 February 1908); (to "Spiri," Amsterdam, 1 May 1908); D. Heinemann, Munich, 1911; Howard P. Eells, Cleveland (acquired from Heinemann in 1912) Bequeathed to Mrs. Howard P. Eells (Maud), 11 February 1919; Lent to Cleveland Museum of Art at various times up to 1937; Given to Cleveland Museum of Art 31 December 1942.
  • "Recent Changes in the Painting Galleries." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 5, no. 2/3 (1918): 22-27. Mentioned: p. 26 25136174
  • Akron, OH, The Akron Art Institute, Survey of 19th Century American Paintings (2 November - 15 December 1959).
    Athens, OH, Ohio University, American Painting 1804-1954 (1 May - 15 June 1954) no. 14, pl. 14.
    Utica, NY, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Expatriates Whistler, Cassatt, and Sargent (4 January - 25 January 1953).
    Muskegan, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Music in Art (3 October - 20 November 1949).
    New London, CT, Lyman Allyn Museum, Stonington Tercentennial Celebration (1 May - 13 June 1949), cat. no. 2.
    New York, William Macbeth, Inc., Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Whistler (14 April - 10 May 1947), cat. no. 24.
    Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, American Painting from 1860 Until Today (23 June - 4 October 1937), no. 209.
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition (26 June - 4 October 1936), no. 376.
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (1934-36).
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Work of James McNeill Whistler (1933).
    "American Paintings Owned in Cleveland," Cleveland Museum of Art, July 3--September 13, 1920
    Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (1918, 1932).
    London, New Gallery, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late James McNeill Whistler (22 February - 15 April 1905), cat. no. 34, p. 88; lent by Monsieur Z; exh. sponsored by the International Society of Sculptors, Painters, and Gravers.
  • {{cite web|title=The Violin Player|url=false|author=James McNeill Whistler|year=c. 1894|access-date=18 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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