Sappho

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Description

  A standing nude, holding a lyre.

• Signatures

  Signature T.W. Dewing, in lower left corner.

• Provenance

  From 1894 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing, New York in 1894 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Purchased from T. W. Dewing on February 9, 1894 (according to Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, May 26, 1993, as well as information found in Provenance field and object file).

  [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

  Dewing’s Poetic World (November 27, 2019 to May 29, 2022)

  Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)

  American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)

  American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977)

  Inaugural Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (January 7 to February 7, 1915)

  Louisiana Purchase Exposition, 1904 World's Fair (April 30 to December 1, 1904)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Lyre, American Art, Nudity

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings