id: 93289 accession number: 1946.1711 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1946.1711 updated: 2022-01-04 14:34:24.552000 Tuning, 1867. William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868). Graphite; sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1946.1711 title: Tuning title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1867 creation date earliest: 1867 creation date latest: 1867 current location: creditline: Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection copyright: --- culture: America technique: graphite department: Drawings collection: DR - American 19th Century type: Drawing find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * William Sidney Mount (American, 1807-1868) - artist --- measurements: Sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: description: cream(3) wove paper watermarks: inscriptions: inscription: signed, lower right, in graphite: W.S.M. ; by artist, upper left, in graphite: Oct. 67 - / tuning - translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: America Draws opening date: 1984-12-28T05:00:00 America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985). title: American Drawings from the Permanent Collection opening date: 1998-04-19T00:00:00 American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection." --- PROVENANCE --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: William Sidney Mount was the first major American painter of genre, or scenes of everyday life. While not directly related, the musical subject matter of two of these drawings, Tuning and Catching a Tune, brings to mind Mount's famous painting, The Power of Music, which is on view gallery 231. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.1711/1946.1711_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.1711/1946.1711_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1946.1711/1946.1711_full.tif