Waiting for the Audition

c. 1950

Dating: Approximate
Held at: National Gallery of Art
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimensions: overall: 76.2 × 61.6 cm (30 × 24 1/4 in.) framed: 97.47 × 82.23 × 4.76 cm (38 3/8 × 32 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.)
Collection no.: 2015.19.75
Attribution: By the artist

About this artwork

Waiting for the Audition — Raphael Soyer. c. 1950.

Medium: oil on canvas.

Dimensions (museum labels retained): overall: 76.2 × 61.6 cm (30 × 24 1/4 in.) framed: 97.47 × 82.23 × 4.76 cm (38 3/8 × 32 3/8 × 1 7/8 in.).

Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 2015.19.75. Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, William A. Clark Fund, 1951).

Museum holding does not establish current display.

Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.

Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.

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