Blue and Silver—The Islands, Venice

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Provenance

  To 1905

  Mr. Scroones, to 1905 [1]

  From 1905 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mr. Scroones, through William Marchant & Co., in 1905 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 28, 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

  Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

  Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

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

  Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler (March 15 to May 31, 1910)

  Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the late James McNeill Whistler (February 22 to April 15, 1905)

  "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Mr. Scroones (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s, 1870s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Scroones

• Place

  United States

• Topic

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

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings