A Portrait

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Provenance

  From 1902 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1902 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] According to Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, May 27, 1993, as well as information in the 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

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

  Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

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

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985)

  American Painting: To Dream of Fair Women (September 24, 1982 to February 29, 1984)

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

  Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists: Fourth Exhibition (December 17, 1912 to January 26, 1913)

  Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing, A.H. Thayer, D.W. Tryon, J.A.McNeill Whistler (February 10 to 26, 1910)

  Exhibition of Paintings by Ten American Painters (April 11 to May 03, 1908)

• 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

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Pianos, American Art, Music, Portraits

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings