Art Institute of Chicago, Friends of American Art CollectionCC0 (public domain) · 4,024 × 5,408 px · Art Institute of Chicago · IIIF

1874 · Art Institute of Chicago

Toning the Bell

Walter ShirlawWikidata

painting by Walter Shirlaw

Wander from here

In the picture

Date
1874Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1874
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
101.6 × 76.2 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 101.6 × 76.2 cm
Materials
oil paint, canvasWikidata
Inventory no.
1938.1280Wikidata
Credit line
Friends of American Art CollectionArt Institute of Chicago

Provenance

Where it has been

  1. Dates unknown
    Art Institute of Chicago
    medium confidenceWikidata · collection

Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago

Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, May 1–Oct. 31, 1893. Pittsburgh, Carnegie Institute, Survey of American Painting, Oct. 24–Dec. 15, 1940, cat. Chicago, Lyon and Healy, Apr. 14–30, 1952. Evanston, Illinois, Scott Hall, Northwestern University, Apr. 2–9, 1954. Art Institute of Chicago, Art at the Time of the Centennial, June 19–Aug. 15, 1976, no cat. Cincinnati Art Museum, Munich & American Realism in the 19th Century, Apr. 20–May 28, 1978; Milwaukee Art Center, July 13–Aug. 27, 1978; Sacramento, E.B. Crocker Art Gallery, Oct. 28–Dec. 10, 1978. Berlin, Deutscheshistorisches Museum, VICEVERSA Geman Painters in America–American Painters in German 1813 – 1913, Sept. 19–Dec. 31, 1996.
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How it came together

A study for this painting