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Artist:
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this
Medium:
Drypoint; ink on paper
Dimensions:
H x W: 21.3 x 13.9 cm (8 3/8 x 5 1/2 in)
Type:
Print
Origin:
United States
Date:
1873
Edition/State:
3/5
Provenance:
To 1909
Obach & Co., London, to 1909 [1]
From 1909 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1909 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 13, 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:
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)
Previous custodian or owner:
Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
drypoint  Search this
portrait  Search this
child  Search this
United States  Search this
American Art  Search this
Charles Lang Freer collection  Search this
cancelled plate  Search this
Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1909.114
Restrictions & Rights:
CC0
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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/ye38463e57d-9291-4c84-9bb2-2b48e9240017
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1909.114