The Angry Sea
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Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Previous custodian or owner
- John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- 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. 12, 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.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1883 or 1884
- Accession Number
- F1904.76a-c
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W: 12.4 x 21.7 cm (4 7/8 x 8 9/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- water
- ocean
- United States
- American Art
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.76a-c
- Usage of Metadata (Object Detail Text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3fbf413f5-b770-4813-b1f1-6d32fb9cbc43
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