Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Pencil on off-white wove paper

Dimensions:

H x W: 16.8 x 11.8 cm (6 5/8 x 4 5/8 in)

Type:

Drawing

Origin:

United States

Date:

1858

Provenance:

Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

To 1898

H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[4] 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:

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

Drawings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to April 14, 1975)

Previous custodian or owner:

Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

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Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1898.184

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

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Data Source:

Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

GUID:

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EDAN-URL:

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