The Blue Girl (fragment): Yellow and Blue

Object Details

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Provenance

To 1907

Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1907 [1]

From 1907 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Robert Way in 1907 [2]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

Notes:

[1] According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record. See also, Original Whistler List, Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1. According to Curatorial Remark 3, G.D. Guest, 1927, the registration number for this object was changed to correspond with the year of purchase.

[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)

Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)

Whistler and the Leylands (July 3, 1998 to June 6, 1999)

Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Artist (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

Previous custodian or owner

Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

1872-1876

Accession Number

F1907.180a-c

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas attached to wood panel

Dimensions

H x W: 76.5 x 22 cm (30 1/8 x 8 11/16 in)

Origin

United States

On View

Freer Gallery 11: Ruffled Feathers: Creating Whistler's Peacock Room

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Topic

child

United States

American Art

Charles Lang Freer collection

Record ID

fsg_F1907.180a-c

Metadata Usage (text)

CC0

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye34ae624f5-b2e4-4fbc-9d1a-f86e1b2adc10