Object Details
- Edition/State
- 1, 1
- Provenance
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Company of the Butterfly, London, in 1902 [1]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Society of the Butterfly [Company of the Butterfly] was James McNeill Whistler's London business through which he sold his works. Mr. Freer purchased this object from the Society of the Butterfly in March 1900, and paid Mr. Whistler on June 16, 1902 (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).
- [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.
- Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art Collection
- Previous custodian or owner
- Company of the Butterfly (1897-1903) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Date
- 1896
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 19.4 x 14.3 cm (7 5/8 x 5 5/8 in)
- Type
