Rose and Silver–Portrait of Mrs. Whibley
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Period
1895-1896 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Watercolor on brown paper -
Dimension
H x W: 28.2 × 18.8 cm (11 1/8 × 7 3/8 in) -
Accession Number
F1901.108a-c -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1901.108a-c
Object Details
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Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) -
Description
A heavily painted portrait of the artist's sister-in-law, Ethel Whibley, against a dark background, seated in a chair and turned to show off a fashionable pink costume and hat. -
Signatures
Pink butterfly near center of right edge -
Paper/Support
On rough, brown, wove paper mounted overall to board. -
Provenance
To 1901John James Cowan (1846-1936), Edinburgh, Scotland, to 1901 [1]From 1901 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan in 1901 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 18, 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)James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)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)Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)American Paintings, Pastels, and Water Colors, and Drawings. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)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)The Water-Colour Art of the Nineteenth Century by one hundred painters (1901)6th Exhibition, Society of Portrait Painters (1896) -
Previous custodian or owner
John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Painting -
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