At the Piano Artist: Nadezhda Andreevna Udaltsova (Russian, 1886–1961)

1915

Modern and Contemporary Art

On view, 3rd floor, Modern and Contemporary Art and Design

Many elements of At the Piano register Nadezhda Andreevna Udaltsova's engagement with the formal strategies of Cubism that she studied in Paris: for example, the representation of objects and space as faceted planes; the inclusion of prominent lettering; and the articulation of edges through strong contrasts of light and dark. The painting also thematically relates to the interests of the Cubists, who often evoked music in their works. However, the dynamism of Udaltsova's facets and rhythmically distributed parallel lines, as well as her selection of a domestic scene as her subject, distinguishes this piece from the work of her Cubist colleagues.

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

42 × 35 1/16 in. (106.7 × 89 cm)
framed: 43 3/4 × 36 1/2 × 2 1/8 in. (111.1 × 92.7 × 5.4 cm)

Credit Line

Gift of Collection Société Anonyme

Accession Number

1941.725

Culture

Russian

Period

20th century

Classification

Paintings

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Note: This electronic record was created from historic documentation that does not necessarily reflect the Yale University Art Gallery’s complete or current knowledge about the object. Review and updating of records is ongoing.

Provenance
Galerie Van Diemen, Berlin, to 1922; Katherine Dreier, 1922–41; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
  • Frauke V. Josenhans, "The Société Anonyme at 100: Reconsidering an Iconic Collection—Instigating New Avenues of Research," Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (2020–2021): 4–17, fig. 9.
  • Matthew J. Drutt, In Search of 0,10: The Last Futurist Exhibition of Painting, exh. cat. (Basel, Switzerland: Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2015), 54, 210–11, no. 145, ill.
  • Ruth L. Bohan et al., The Société Anonyme: Modernism for America, ed. Jennifer Gross, exh. cat. (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 2006), 58, 184, fig. 15.
  • Robert L. Herbert, Eleanor S. Apter, and Elise K. Kenney, The Société Anonyme and the Dreier Bequest at Yale University: A Catalogue Raisonné (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Press, 1984), 666, no. 695, ill.
  • Collection of the Société Anonyme: Museum of Modern Art 1920 (New Haven, Conn.: Yale University Art Gallery, 1950), 38-39, ill.
Object copyright
Copyright Artist/Estate/Foundation
In Copyright
Additional information

Object/Work type

abstract (general art genre)

Subject

Women artists

Signed

Udalzova, Natalia aka Nadezhda Andreevina Udaltsova (1886-1961)

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