Blue and Silver: Trouville

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Provenance

  James Staats Forbes (1823-1904), London [1]

  To 1902

  Cottier and Co., London, England, Sydney, Australia, and New York to 1902 [2]

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Cottier and Co. in 1902 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] “From the collection of J. S. Forbes" (see Curatorial Remark 2, C.L. Freer note, in the object record).

  [2] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased on July 1902 (see Accession File, Collections Management Office).

  [3] See note 2.

  [4] 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

  Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)

  American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to June 30, 1997)

  Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)

  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 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)

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

  Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

  Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

  Whistler Landscapes, Oil (January 20, 1928 to May 1, 1933)

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

  American Paintings by J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 8, 1925)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, University of Michigan Club, Detroit, 1914 (1914)

  A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

  Exhibition of Oriental and American Art Under the Joint Auspices of the Alumni Memorial Committee and the Ann Arbor Art Association (May 11 to May 30, 1910)

  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)

  Second Exhibition of The International Society of Sculptors, Painters and Gravers (May to July, 1899)

• Previous custodian or owner

  James Staats Forbes (1823-1904)

  Cottier and Co. (established 1869) (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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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1850s, 1870s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Forbes, James Staats, Cottier, Daniel

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Water, Charles Lang Freer collection, Boats and boating, Art, American Art, Ocean

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings