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Square Canister with Long Neck

Object Details

Provenance
To 1907
Obach & Co., London, to 1907 [1]
From 1907 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1907 [2]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
Notes:
[1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 5, 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
Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room (July 13, 2024 to January 21, 2027)
Chinamania (2016) (July 9, 2016 to June 4, 2017)
Chinamania (2010) (August 7, 2010 to August 7, 2011)
James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Drawings, Etchings, and Lithographs, 1959 (April 15, 1959 to November 2, 1959)
Previous custodian or owner
Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (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
1878
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Medium
Pencil, ink, and wash on cream wove paper
Dimensions
H x W: 22.5 x 17.5 cm (8 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)
Type
Drawing
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