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Artist:
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas attached to wood panel
Dimensions:
H x W: 76.5 x 22 cm (30 1/8 x 8 11/16 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
United States
Date:
1872-1876
Provenance:
To 1907
Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Robert Way in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Original Whistler List, Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] See note 1. According to Curatorial Remark 3, G.D. Guest, 1927, the registration number for this object was changed to correspond with the year of purchase.
[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:
Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)
Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)
Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)
Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)
Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Artist (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
Previous custodian or owner:
Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)
Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
child  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:
F1907.180a-c
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
On View:
Freer East Corridor: Looking Out, Looking In: The Art of Late Imperial China
Related Online Resources:
Google Cultural Institute
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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/ye34ae624f5-b2e4-4fbc-9d1a-f86e1b2adc10
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1907.180a-c