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Artist:
George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
H x W: 44 x 34.6 cm (17 5/16 x 13 5/8 in)
Type:
Painting
Origin:
United States
Date:
1888
Provenance:
To 1917
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, to 1917 [1]
From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Knoedler & Co., in New York, in 1917 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Voucher No. 3, April 1917, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also two original labels are attached to folder sheet. Both labels are dated 1914, and list return addresses for the painting as: "M. Knoedler & Co./556 Fifth Ave N.Y. City" and "556 Fifth Ave/The Corcoran Gallery of Art/Washington, DC" See Curatorial Remark 2, Kate Theimer, April 1, 1994, in the object record, for further details on these labels.
[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:
A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)
American Paintings (September 10, 1981 to March 12, 1984)
American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)
American Paintings (October 14, 1978 to March 18, 1981)
American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)
American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)
American Paintings (July 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)
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)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1944 (March 23, 1944 to November 15, 1944)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)
American Paintings by Dewing, Sargeant, Homer, Tryon, Brush, Melchers and Whistler (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)
American Paintings, Miscellaneous (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)
Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists: Fifth Exhibition (December 15, 1914 to January 24, 1915)
Ninth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists (May 16 to August 31, 1914)
Previous custodian or owner:
M. Knoedler & Co. (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Topic:
portrait  Search this
woman  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:
F1917.188a-b
Restrictions & Rights:
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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/ye36ab779f0-00ed-4c9e-80ba-9ebd4001534f
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:fsg_F1917.188a-b