La Comedienne

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Provenance

  From 1906 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing on May 21, in June 1906 [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

  Dewing’s Poetic World (November 27, 2019 to May 29, 2022)

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985)

  American Paintings (March 20, 1981 to September 24, 1981)

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)

  American Paintings (October 14, 1978 to March 18, 1981)

  American Paintings (November 11, 1976 to October 12, 1978)

  American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)

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

  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 Dewing Centennial Exhibition (May 17, 1951 to July 1, 1951)

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

  American Paintings, T.W. Dewing (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

  Exhibition of Paintings by American Artists (February 1910)

  Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing and D.W. Tryon, Montross Gallery, New York, 1907 (February 20 to March 9, 1907)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Dewing, Thomas Wilmer

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings