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The Corner of the Balcony
Inscriptions
Signed lower left
Exhibition history
Ann Arbor, Mich., The University of Michigan Museum of Art, "Alfred Stevens," September 10-October 16, 1977. Baltimore, Md., The Walters Art Gallery, "Alfred Stevens," November 20, 1977-January 1, 1978; traveled to the Musée des Beaux-Arts, Montréal, Canada, February 2-March 19, 1978. Southampton, N.Y., The Parish Art Museum, "William Merritt Chase in the Company of Friends," May 12-June 24, 1979. The Art Institute of Chicago, Installations: November 1987-April 1988; and January 5-March 26, 1989; October 26-November 14, 1991 (Donnelly and Blake-Palmer galleries).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Alfred Stevens / Belgian, 1823-1906
- Date
- c. 1877
- Medium
- Gouache with pen and black ink, on ivory wove paper, laid down on white Japanese paper
- Dimensions
- 29.4 × 16.1 cm (11 5/8 × 6 3/8 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- gouache
- Place
- Belgium
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- Olivia Shaler Swan Memorial Collection
- Accession no.
- 1937.54
Provenance
Probably William Merritt Chase (1849-1916), by 1911 [according to Ann Arbor, Mich. 1977]; sold, American Art Association, New York, May 14-17, 1917, lot 200, to Irving R. Wiles (1861-1934). Sold by Karl Frund Arts, Inc., New York, to the Art Institute, 1937.
More by Alfred Stevens in museum collections
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Open-access museum record · AT-00002410
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