Monadnock in Winter

Object Details

• Artist

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)

• Provenance

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abbott Handerson Thayer in 1904 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] 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

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

  American Art - Abbott Handerson Thayer (May 9, 1996 to June 30, 1997)

  Winter into Spring: American Landscapes (March 4, 1982 to June 1, 1982)

  American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)

  American Paintings (July 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1958 (June 29, 1958 to October 27, 1959)

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

  Special Centennial Exhibition of Thayer Paintings (August 12, 1949 to January 3, 1950)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings and Watercolors (May 10, 1945 to September 25, 1947)

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

  Kansas City Exposition (January 1912)

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

  101st Annual Exhibition (January 22, 1906 - March 03, 1906)

  Inaugural Loan Collection of Paintings (May 31 to July 1, 1905)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) (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

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Thayer, Abbott Handerson

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Mountains, Art, Winter, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes