Artist:

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)  Search this

Medium:

Steel-faced copper

Dimensions:

H x W: 12.9 x 9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in)

Type:

Tool and Equipment

Origin:

United States

Date:

1857-1858

Provenance:

To 1906

Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

From 1906 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [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. 1, 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:

Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

Previous custodian or owner:

Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:

portrait  Search this

woman  Search this

United States  Search this

American Art  Search this

Credit Line:

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Accession Number:

F1906.206

Restrictions & Rights:

CC0

Related Online Resources:

Google Cultural Institute

See more items in:

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/ye30ef6e8a6-2e39-4dde-aaff-a2c50852a51e

EDAN-URL:

edanmdm:fsg_F1906.206