Nocturne in Black and Gold: Entrance to Southampton Water

Object Details

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Provenance

From 1897 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist in 1897 [1]

From 1920

Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 5, Kenneth Myers, February 17, 2005, in the object record; "the fact that the F1897.21 is in an Goupil style frame which carries a Goupil gallery label suggests that if the painting was not included in the 1892 exhibition [a March 1892 Whistler retrospective at Boussod, Valadon & Cie, Goupil Gallery, 116-17 New Bond Street, London], it was consigned to the Goupil Gallery at some later time in the early or mid 1890s. Whistler sold the painting to Freer in July 1897. The Goupil Gallery label on the reverse of the frame reads: 'The Goupil Gallery/Boussod Valadon & Co./Publishers to her Majesty/Dealers in Pictures, Engravings/Art Books &c/5 Regents Street, Pall Mall/London SW.'"

[2] 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

American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (February 6, 1985 to March 4, 1986)

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

Whistler Oils Exhibition (January 8, 1925 to January 20, 1928)

American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)

Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)

Second Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute (November 4, 1897 to January 1, 1898)

Previous custodian or owner

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

ca. 1875-1876

Accession Number

F1897.21a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

H x W: 47.6 x 62.3 cm (18 3/4 x 24 1/2 in)

Origin

United States

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Topic

night

United States

American Art

Record ID

fsg_F1897.21a-b

Metadata Usage (text)

Not determined

GUID (Link to Original Record)

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3efa243c8-2fe2-4236-b229-8caf4ce80632