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The Four Sylvan Sounds

Provenance:: From 1897 to 1919; Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1897 [1]; From 1920; Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]; Notes:; [1] Object file.; [2] 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.

Exhibition History:: Freer’s Global Network: Artists, Collectors, and Dealers (October 15, 2022 - ongoing); Sylvan Sounds: Freer, Dewing, and Japan (May 18, 2013 to January 4, 2015); Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010); Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008); Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997); American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996); Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985); Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981); American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980); American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)

Previous custodian or owner:: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source); Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Topic:: music Search this; flute Search this; United States Search this; American Art Search this; xylophone Search this

See more items in:: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection