The Carnation

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Provenance

  From 1894 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing during 1893 and 1894 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 4, Linda Merrill, March 22, 1993, as well as information found in the 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)

  A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 - October 8, 2023)

  Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)

  American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)

  American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)

  American Paintings (October 14, 1978 to March 18, 1981)

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

  American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)

  Special Dewing Centennial Exhibition (May 17, 1951 to July 1, 1951)

  Comparative Exhibition of Native and Foreign Art at the Galleries of the American Fine Arts Society (November 15 to December 11, 1904)

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

  Loan Collection of Paintings by Mr. T.W. Dewing (February 27 to March 20, 1900)

  An Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing (January 24, 1898 to February 10, 1898)

  Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, Society of American Artists, 1893 (April 17 to May 13, 1893)

  The Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition (December 18, 1893 to February 24, 1894)

• 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

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 10: A Perfect Harmony

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art, Flowers, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes