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The Mirror

Object Details

Provenance
To 1907
N. E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N. E. Montross on October 17, 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See Freer to Montross, 17 October 1907, and Montross to Freer, 18 October 1907, 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
A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)
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)
American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)
American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)
American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)
American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)
American Paintings (July 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)
American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)
Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)
Exhibition of Paintings by Ten American Painters (April 11 to May 03, 1908)
Previous custodian or owner
N.E. Montross (1849-1932) (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
1907
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 50.8 x 40 cm (20 x 15 3/4 in)
Type
Painting
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