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A Portrait

Object Details

Provenance
From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1902 [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, May 27, 1993, as well as information in the object file.
[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
Exhibition History
Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)
Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)
Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985)
American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)
Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists: Fourth Exhibition (December 17, 1912 to January 26, 1913)
Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing, A.H. Thayer, D.W. Tryon, J.A.McNeill Whistler (February 10 to 26, 1910)
Exhibition of Paintings by Ten American Painters (April 11 to May 03, 1908)
Previous custodian or owner
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)
Date
1902
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 39.8 x 50.8 cm (15 11/16 x 20 in)
Type
Painting
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