id:			121261
accession number:	1942.1133
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1942.1133
updated:		2025-02-09 00:46:21.177000

The Violin Player, c. 1894. James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903). Oil on canvas; unframed: 79 x 53.3 cm (31 1/8 x 21 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mrs. Howard P. Eells in memory of her husband Howard Parmelee Eells 1942.1133

title:				The Violin Player
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creation date:			c. 1894
creation date earliest:		1889
creation date latest:		1899
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creditline:			Gift of Mrs. Howard P. Eells in memory of her husband Howard Parmelee Eells
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culture:	America
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* James McNeill Whistler (American, 1834–1903)  - artist

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measurements: Unframed: 79 x 53.3 cm (31 1/8 x 21 in.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower right center with butterfly.
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today
	opening date:   1937-06-23T04:00:00
	<i>Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 23-October 4, 1937).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1905-02-22T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (1918, 1932).', 'opening_date': '1918-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '"American Paintings Owned in Cleveland," Cleveland Museum of Art, July 3--September 13, 1920', 'opening_date': '1920-09-13T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, The Work of James McNeill Whistler (1933).', 'opening_date': '1933-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art (1934-36).', 'opening_date': '1934-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition (26 June - 4 October 1936), no. 376.', 'opening_date': '1936-06-26T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Cleveland, Cleveland Museum of Art, American Painting from 1860 Until Today (23 June - 4 October 1937), no. 209.', 'opening_date': '1937-06-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New York, William Macbeth, Inc., Loan Exhibition of Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Whistler (14 April - 10 May 1947), cat. no. 24.', 'opening_date': '1947-04-14T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'New London, CT, Lyman Allyn Museum, Stonington Tercentennial Celebration (1 May - 13 June 1949), cat. no. 2.', 'opening_date': '1949-05-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Muskegan, MI, Hackley Art Gallery, Music in Art (3 October - 20 November 1949).', 'opening_date': '1949-10-03T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Utica, NY, Munson Williams Proctor Institute, Expatriates Whistler, Cassatt, and Sargent (4 January - 25 January 1953).', 'opening_date': '1953-01-04T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Athens, OH, Ohio University, American Painting 1804-1954 (1 May - 15 June 1954) no. 14, pl. 14.', 'opening_date': '1954-05-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Akron, OH, The Akron Art Institute, Survey of 19th Century American Paintings (2 November - 15 December 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-11-02T00:00:00'}

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PROVENANCE

	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.
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CITATIONS

	"Recent Changes in the Painting Galleries." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 5, no. 2/3 (1918): 22-27.
	page number: 	Mentioned: p. 26
	url:		www.jstor.org/stable/25136174

	Francis, Henry. "'The Violin Player' by Whistler." <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art </em>30, no. 7 (September 1943): 111-112
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 106; Mentioned: p. 111
	url:		https://www.jstor.org/stable/25141074

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