Mr. Whistler's Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition
Extent:
1 cu. ft. (2 document boxes)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Manuscripts
Floor plans
Date:
1999-2004
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of the exhibition records of Kenneth Myers, former Associate Curator of American Art at the Freer Gallery of Art. They primarily cover his work
on various exhibitions regarding James McNeill Whistler, including "Young Whistler: Early Prints and the French Set;" "Whistler in Paris: Lithographs from the Belle Epoque,
1891-1896;" "Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-Garde in Victorian London;" "Whistler in Venice: The Pastels;" and "Whistler's Nudes." Also included are materials related to
an exhibition catalog Myers wrote entitled, Mr. Whistler's Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition. Materials in this collection include correspondence, memoranda,
floor plans, and exhibition labels.
Rights:
Restricted for 15 years, until Jan-01-2020; Transferring office; 3/23/2005 memorandum, Toda to Kaveeshwar; Contact reference staff for details.
Mr. Whistler’s Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition (Monograph)
ARS Orientalis (Serial)
Sevruguin and the Persian Image: Photographs of Iran, 1870-1930 (Monograph)
A Collector’s Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt (Monograph)
Extent:
0.5 cu. ft. (1 document box)
Type:
Collection descriptions
Archival materials
Books
Serials (publications)
Place:
Iran
Egypt
Date:
1999, 2002-2003
Descriptive Entry:
This accession consists of publications published by the Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery and written by its staff. Publications include "Mr. Whistler's
Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition," by Kenneth Myers; "ARS Orientalis;" "Sevruguin and the Persian Image: Photographs of Iran, 1870-1930," edited by Frederick Nathaniel
Bohrer; and "A Collector's Journey: Charles Lang Freer and Egypt," by Ann Clyburn Gunter.
