Title to the French Set
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Period
1858 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Steel-faced copper -
Dimension
H x W: 11.3 x 14.8 cm (4 7/16 x 5 13/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1906.208 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1906.208
Object Details
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Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) -
Provenance
To 1906Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]From 1906 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]Notes:[1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 1, 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
Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005) -
Previous custodian or owner
Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Tool and Equipment -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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