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Medium:
Gilded wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D: 49.5 x 29.5 x 3 cm (19 1/2 x 11 5/8 x 1 3/16 in)
Type:
Frame
Origin:
United States
Date:
ca. 1910
Provenance:
To 1915
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, to 1915 [1]
From 1915 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler and Co., New York, at the Panama-Pacific International Exposition, in San Francisco in 1915 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See List of American Paintings other than by Whistler, A, pg. 14, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[2] This object was purchased by Charles Lang Freer from M. Knoedler and Co., 556-558 Fifth Avenue, New York, at Panama-Pacific International Exposition, San Francisco, June 23, 1915.
Murphy's Frostbitten Wood and Field [F1915.28] was purchased at the same time (see Curatorial Remark 6 in the object record).
See also, correspondence between Roland F. Knoedler of M. Knoedler & Co., New York, to Freer, May 22, 1915; Freer to Knoedler, May 28, [1915]; Knoedler to Freer, June 21, 1915; Freer to Knoedler, June 23, 1915; Knoedler to Freer, June 25, 1915, in the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
[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:
Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)
American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)
American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)
American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)
Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
The Ninth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (Opened September 6, 1914)
Inaugural Exhibition, The Toledo Museum of Art (January 17 to February 12, 1912)
Previous custodian or owner:
M. Knoedler & Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
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Credit Line:
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Accession Number:
F1915.27b
Restrictions & Rights:
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Data Source:
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
GUID:
http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye378ab0308-4c18-47df-9314-82278dc72676
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1915.27b