Object of the Day

"George Gershwin at Piano" by William Auerbach-Levy

February 12

George Gershwin was an American composer and pianist known for works such as Porgy and Bess and “Rhapsody in Blue” (which premiered on this day in 1924). This 1926 painting by Belarusian-born American painter William Auerbach-Levy depicts Gershwin playing a piano.

George Gershwin at Piano

Description
Portrait of a man seated at a piano.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Painter
William Auerbach-Levy, American, born Belarus, Imperial Russia, 1889–1964
Date
1926
Credit Line
Lent by Museum of the City of New York. Gift of Max D. Levy, 1967, 67.109
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W x D (framed): 114 × 139.7 × 3.8 cm (44 7/8 in. × 55 in. × 1 1/2 in.)
H x W (unframed): 101 × 126.4 cm (39 3/4 × 49 3/4 in.)
Type
Exhibitions