The Piano

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Provenance

  From 1891 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1891 [1]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

  Notes:

  [1] Object file.

  [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

  A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 - October 8, 2023)

  Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)

  Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)

  Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

  Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)

  American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985)

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)

  American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)

  Special Dewing Centennial Exhibition (May 17, 1951 to July 1, 1951)

  American Paintings, T.W. Dewing (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

  A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

  Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)

  Loan Collection of Paintings by Mr. T.W. Dewing (February 27 to March 20, 1900)

  The Fourth Annual Exhibition held at the Carnegie Institute (November 02, 1899 to January 01, 1900)

  An Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing (January 24, 1898 to February 10, 1898)

  The Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition (December 18, 1893 to February 24, 1894)

  World's Columbian Exposition (May 1 to October 30, 1893)

  VI Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (June 1 to October 31, 1892)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 11: A Perfect Harmony

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, Pianos, American Art, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes