Object Details
- Provenance
- To 1904
- John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan, through William Marchant and Co, London, in June 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 13, 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
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Artist (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
- Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)
- American Paintings (June 9, 1960 to September 8, 1961)
- Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)
- Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)
- Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)
- American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)
- A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)
- Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings (May 31 to July 1, 1905)
- 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)
- Previous custodian or owner
- John James Cowan (1846-1936) (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
- 1880s
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12.9 x 21.6 cm (5 1/16 x 8 1/2 in)
- Type
- Painting
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