The Cleveland Museum of Art

Collection Online as of April 25, 2024

Tuning

Tuning

1867
(American, 1807–1868)
America
graphite
Sheet: 9.7 x 16.2 cm (3 13/16 x 6 3/8 in.)
Hinman B. Hurlbut Collection 1946.1711
Location: not on view

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.
  • Kirkpatrick, Katherine, and Vivian Nicholson-Mueller. The Art of William Sidney Mount: Long Island People of Color on Canvas. Charleston, SC: The History Press, 2022. Reproduced: P. 122
  • American Drawings from the Permanent Collection. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (April 19-July 12, 1998).
    Cleveland, Ohio: The Cleveland Museum of Art; 4/19/98 - 7/12/98. "American Drawings from the Permanent Collection."
    America Draws. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (December 28, 1984-March 17, 1985).
  • {{cite web|title=Tuning|url=false|author=William Sidney Mount|year=1867|access-date=25 April 2024|publisher=Cleveland Museum of Art}}

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