Nocturne: Blue and Silver--Battersea Reach

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Period
1870-1875 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Oil on canvas -
Dimension
H x W: 49.9 x 72.3 cm (19 5/8 x 28 7/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1902.97a-b -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1902.97a-b
Object Details
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Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) -
Previous custodian or owner
William George Rawlinson (1840-1928) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Provenance
To 1902William George Rawlinson (1812-1902), London, to 1902 [1]From 1902 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William George Rawlinson, through William Marchant and Co., London, in April 1902 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. See also Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 3, 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. -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Painting -
On View
Freer Gallery 11: A Perfect Harmony -
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