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The Girl

Object Details

Edition/State
1, 1
Provenance
To 1903
Rosalind Birnie-Philip (1873-1958), London, to 1903 [1]
From 1903 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), received from Rosalind Birnie-Philip in 1903 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Original Whistler List, Lithographs, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was received from Miss Birnie-Philip on December 31, 1903, and was paid for in June 1905.
[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
Previous custodian or owner
Rosalind Birnie Philip (1873-1958) (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
probably 1891 (only printed posthumously)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 20.7 x 11.7 cm (8 1/8 x 4 5/8 in)
Type
Print
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