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Portrait of the Artist's Eldest Daughter

Object Details

Provenance
From 1894 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Abbott Handerson Thayer in May 1894 [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] 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)
American Art - Abbott Handerson Thayer (May 9, 1996 to June 30, 1997)
American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)
American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)
American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)
Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)
Special Centennial Exhibition of Thayer Paintings (August 12, 1949 to January 3, 1950)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)
American Paintings by Metcalf, Thayer, and Twatchman (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)
American Painting, Abbott H. Thayer (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)
Exhibition of Paintings by Abbott H. Thayer (April 24 to May 28, 1919)
Previous custodian or owner
Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Data Source
Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
Artist
Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)
Date
1893-1894
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W: 68.7 x 56 cm (27 1/16 x 22 1/16 in)
Type
Painting
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