Frame for Dewing's "In Rose"

Object Details

• Designer

  Stanford White (1853-1906)

• Frame maker

  Alexander J. Cabus (born after 1891)

• Provenance

  To 1908

  N.E. Montross (1849-1932), New York, NY, to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from N.E. Montross in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] Purchased by Charles Lang Freer from N. E. Montross, New York, on October 15, 1908 (see F1908.172a, Curatorial Remark 4, Lee Glazer, May 28, 2009, in the object record). See also, F1908.172a, Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, June 29, 1993, in the object record. Further, see List of American Paintings Other than by Whistler, List A, pg. 3, 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

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

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

  American Paintings (May 31, 1979 to June 17, 1980)

  American Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels (December 11, 1976 to March 24, 1977)

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

  American Paintings (April 15, 1975 to December 5, 1975)

  Inaugural Exhibition, Minneapolis Institute of Arts (January 7 to February 7, 1915)

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.E. Montross (1849-1932) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  New York, New York, United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Frame

• Restrictions and Rights

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s, 1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Montross, N. E.

• Place

  New York, United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Frames