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Frame maker:
Newcomb-Macklin Co.  Search this
Medium:
Gilded wood
Dimensions:
H x W x D (overall): 111.8 x 128.9 x 7.6 cm (44 x 50 3/4 x 3 in)
Type:
Frame
Origin:
Chicago, Illinois, United States
Date:
ca. 1915
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 (Curatorial Remark 3, Kate Theimer, June 3, 1994, in the object record).
Also see 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, 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:
American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)
American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)
American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)
Previous custodian or owner:
M. Knoedler & Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
gilding  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:
F1915.28b
Restrictions & Rights:
Usage conditions apply
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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/ye39a5ae518-081f-4443-b752-5ec3fc3f17f2
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1915.28b