Tête-à-tête in the Garden

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Edition/State

  1, 1

• Label

  Whistler's biographer Joseph Pennell identified the figures in this drawing as Beatrix's sister Ethel Birnie Philip and the journalist Charles Whibley taking a meal in the garden at 110 rue du Bac. Ethel Birnie Philip often posed for Whistler, and she served as his personal secretary in 1893 and 1894. She married Charles Whibley in Paris in July 1894.

• Provenance

  From at least 1906 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), from at least 1906 [1]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also, according to Curatorial Remark 2, G.D.G., 1921, in the object record: "No record existing of the time of purchase, the print was given a registration number for 1906, the year of the printed Inventory."

  [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

  Whistler in Paris: Lithographs from the Belle Epoque, 1891-1896 (February 21 to August 15, 2004)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Print

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• Related Resources

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• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Food habits, Gardens

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints