Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- A night view across the canal, with two buildings with lighted windows on the farther bank; on the nearer bank, a group of figures; signed with the butterfly at the lower right corner.
- Signatures
- Olive green butterfly in lower right corner.
- Paper/Support
- On cold-pressed, wove paper. Graphite sight marks in all four corners. Partial watermark reading "MAN 1881" and "B" is found along the top edge.
- Provenance
- To 1902
- Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]
- From 1902 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,
- 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
- Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)
- The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)
- Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Paintings and Drawings (December 14, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
- Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)
- American Paintings, Pastels, and Water Colors, and Drawings. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)
- Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)
- "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1882
- Accession Number
- F1902.161a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 22.7 x 28.4 cm (8 15/16 x 11 3/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Whistler in Watercolor
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- crop marks
- bone black
- cobalt blue
- Prussian blue
- raw sienna
- raw umber
- zinc white
- Mars pigment
- yellow ocher
- watermark
- water
- night
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1902.161a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye330603701-95fd-4895-a561-e21fbae1db4b
