Whistler, James Abbott McNeill 1834-1903 Search this
Medium:
Oil on wood panel
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Smithsonian Institution Freer Gallery of Art Washington District of Columbia 20560 Accession Number: F1892.23a-b
Date:
1864-1870 and 1870-1879
Notes:
Freer Gallery of Art, 2006.
Curry, David Park, "James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art," Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1984, pl. 6.
Stubbs, Burns A., "Paintings, pastels, drawings, prints, and copper plates by and attributed to American and European artists, together with a list of original Whistleriana in the Freer Gallery of Art," Washington, DC: Freer Gallery of Art, 1967.
Image on file.
Curry, David Park, "James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art," Washington, D.C.: Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1984, pg. 106.
American Art Review, 8/77, P.90
(Artist's butterfly mark) signed
Exposition Universelle, Paris, 1889.
Carnegie Institute 1897 International Exhibition, Carnegie Instiute, Pittsburgh, 1897-1898.
Pan American Exposition, Buffalo, 1901.
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Summary:
Four women wearing Oriental dress are on a balcony overlooking the Thames River. One woman stands and leans on the railing while another lies on the floor beside her, a fan in her hand and a tray with a pitcher and two cups is at her side. Two other women are seated at right, one holding an instrument. Pale flower blossoms are at the bottom of the picture.
