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Artist:
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 12.7 x 21.6 cm (5 x 8 1/2 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
United States
Date:
ca. 1897
Description:
A group of children looking into a shop window; signed with the butterfly to the right of the shop door.
Signatures:
Brown butterfly in center of right half
Paper/Support:
On hot-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board.
Provenance:
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Company of the Butterfly, London, in 1902 [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 16, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Society of the Butterfly [Company of the Butterfly] was James McNeill Whistler's London business through which he sold his works. Mr. Freer purchased this work in May 1900, although it was paid for on June 16, 1902 (see Accession List, Collections Management Office, as well as Curatorial Remarks in the object record).
[2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.
Collection:
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History:
Whistler: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)
Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
Whistler's Neighborhood: Impressions of a Changing London (September 8, 2012 to September 8, 2013)
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)
Whistler Pastels and Water Colors (July 1 to July 31, 1974)
Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
Previous custodian or owner:
Company of the Butterfly (1897-1903) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
mounting  Search this
bone black  Search this
cerulean blue  Search this
Prussian blue  Search this
burnt sienna  Search this
raw sienna  Search this
burnt umber  Search this
raw umber  Search this
iron oxide red  Search this
zinc white  Search this
Mars pigment  Search this
yellow ocher  Search this
child  Search this
United States  Search this
American Art  Search this
store front  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1902.116a-c
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
Whistler in Watercolor
See more items in:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3ac494d04-5fc5-47ee-bfac-73e1290987bd
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.116a-c