Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the sale of the Gillot Collection, Durand-Ruel Gallery, Paris, through Yamanaka & Company, February 1904 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] The sale of works belonging to French artist Charles Gillot took place in February, 1904, at the Durand-Ruel Gallery in Paris. Yamanaka Sadajiro attended the sale and annotated the sales catalogue (now in the Freer and Sackler Library) on Charles Lang Freer's behalf (see F1904.47, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 11, 2001, in the object record). See also, Accession List, Voucher No. 52, March 1914, for further information regarding Yamanaka & Company's purchase at the Gillot sale.
[2] See Original Japanese Paintings, Prints, Drawings and Reproduction List, pg. 1, R. 5702, L. 32, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record.
[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.
