COLLECTION NAME:
The AMICA Library
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The AMICA Library
Collection
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AMICA ID:
CMA_.1991.110
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CMA_.1991.110
AMICA ID
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AMICA Library Year:
1998
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1998
AMICA Library Year
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Object Type:
Paintings
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Paintings
Object Type
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Creator Name:
Mount, William Sidney
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Mount, William Sidney
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Creator Nationality:
North American; American
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North American; American
Creator Nationality
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Creator Role:
artist
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artist
Creator Role
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Creator Dates/Places:
1807 - 1868
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1807 - 1868
Creator Dates/Places
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Gender:
M
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M
Gender
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Creator Name-CRT:
William Sidney Mount
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William Sidney Mount
Creator Name-CRT
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Title:
The Power of Music
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The Power of Music
Title
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Title Type:
Primary
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Primary
Title Type
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View:
Full View
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Full View
View
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Creation Date:
1847
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1847
Creation Date
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Creation Start Date:
1847
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1847
Creation Start Date
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Creation End Date:
1847
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1847
Creation End Date
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Materials and Techniques:
oil on canvas
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oil on canvas
Materials and Techniques
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Dimensions:
Unframed: 43.4cm x 53.5cm
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Unframed: 43.4cm x 53.5cm
Dimensions
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AMICA Contributor:
The Cleveland Museum of Art
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The Cleveland Museum of Art
AMICA Contributor
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Owner Location:
Cleveland, Ohio, USA
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Cleveland, Ohio, USA
Owner Location
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ID Number:
1991.110
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1991.110
ID Number
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Credit Line:
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
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Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund
Credit Line
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Inscriptions:
signed lower left: Wm S. MOUNT. / 1847
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signed lower left: Wm S. MOUNT. / 1847
Inscriptions
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Rights:
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<a href="http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html"target="_new">http://www.clemusart.com/museum/disclaim2.html</a>
Rights
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Context:
Set in rural New York before the Civil War, this scene of a man eavesdropping on a pensive fiddle tune speaks eloquently of the divisive race relations in America. While music connects the men, they occupy different spaces. The painting thus parallels the sentiments of the state's constitutional convention in 1846, which denied free blacks the right to vote, judging them to be "among, but not of us." Such a painting of separate but peaceful coexistence offered its original white audience a deceptivelysimple solution to the North's difficult social problems. Every aspect of the African-American man's pose and expression indicated his knowledge and appreciation of what he hears.
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Set in rural New York before the Civil War, this scene of a man eavesdropping on a pensive fiddle tune speaks eloquently of the divisive race relations in America. While music connects the men, they occupy different spaces. The painting thus parallels the sentiments of the state's constitutional convention in 1846, which denied free blacks the right to vote, judging them to be "among, but not of us." Such a painting of separate but peaceful coexistence offered its original white audience a deceptivelysimple solution to the North's difficult social problems. Every aspect of the African-American man's pose and expression indicated his knowledge and appreciation of what he hears.
Context
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Related Image Identifier Link:
CMA_.1991.110.tif
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CMA_.1991.110.tif
Related Image Identifier Link
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