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Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- A woman, lightly draped, standing on the beach.
- Signatures
- Unsigned.
- Inscriptions
- Unsigned.
- Provenance
- From 1903 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from James McNeill Whistler in July 1903 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 7, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [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
- The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)
- Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)
- Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)
- Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)
- 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 and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)
- American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)
- Portraits and Figure Painting by James McNeill Whistler (October 2, 1972 to May 2, 1973)
- American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)
- Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)
- 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)
- 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. 1868, worked on again ca. 1879-1903
- Accession Number
- F1903.175a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on millboard mounted on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W (painting): 61.9 x 45.6 cm (24 3/8 x 17 15/16 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
- woman
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1903.175a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- Not determined
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye35999c9c2-156b-440f-b204-cd3f05ca7a93
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