Colonel Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927), Detroit, to 1917 [1]
From 1917 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Col. Frank J. Hecker in 1917 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Accession List, Collections Management office, as well as Original Whistler List, pg. 16, 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:
Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
Sweet Silent Thought: Whistler's Interiors (August 20, 2011 to August 26, 2012)
Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)
Whistler and the Hadens (June 20, 1999 to April 30, 2000)
American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (January 17, 1985 to (end date unknown))
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)
American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)
Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)
Portraits and Figure Painting by James McNeill Whistler (October 2, 1972 to May 2, 1973)
Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)
Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)
American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)
American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)
Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1955 (December 16, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Pastels (January 20, 1944 to October 13, 1947)
Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings (February 12, 1944 to May 10, 1945)
American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)
Previous custodian or owner:
Colonel Frank J. Hecker (1846-1927) (C.L. Freer source)
