Venus (Standing Nude)

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Provenance

  To 1904

  La Societe des Beaux-Arts, Glasgow, to 1904 [1]

  From 1904 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from La Societe des Beaux-Arts in 1904 [2]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 32, 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

  The Lost Symphony: Whistler & the Perfection of Art (January 16 to May 30, 2016)

  Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

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

• Previous custodian or owner

  La Societe des Beaux-Arts (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1860s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, La Societe des Beaux-Arts

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Fans, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Nudity, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings