Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Watercolor on paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.7 x 17.6 cm (5 x 6 15/16 in)

Type:

Painting

Origin:

United States

Date:

1883-1884

Description:

Clouds drifting close to the water; a beach indicated in the foreground; signed with the butterfly at lower right.

Signatures:

Gray-brown butterfly in lower right corner

Paper/Support:

On hot-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to a manufactured board with paper facings on both sides.

Provenance:

To 1906

Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

From 1906 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 20c, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[3] 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 in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

Previous custodian or owner:

Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

mounting  Search this

bone black  Search this

Prussian blue  Search this

raw sienna  Search this

raw umber  Search this

zinc white  Search this

chrome yellow  Search this

Mars pigment  Search this

yellow ocher  Search this

water  Search this

ocean  Search this

United States  Search this

American Art  Search this

Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.54a-b

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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

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