Woman Playing the Piano, Study for "Matinée"
DrawingsGerman19th century

Woman Playing the Piano, Study for "Matinée"

1884

Artists

Adolph MenzelArtist
Classification
Drawings
Medium
Graphite with extensive stumping on cream wove paper
Culture
German
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

22.4 x 14.8 cm (8 13/16 x 5 13/16 in.)

Provenance

David M. Daniels, New York, NY, Gift of the Estate of David Daniels. The drawing was offered at a Sotheby's auction, "Property from the Estates of David M. Daniels and Stevan Beck Baloga," New York, October 29, 2002, lot 94, bought in. The Estate subsequently offered it to the Fogg.

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