Arrangement in Grey: Portrait of Master Stephen Manuel

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At A Glance

  • Period

    ca. 1885
  • Geography

    United States
  • Material

    Oil on canvas
  • Dimension

    H x W: 50.8 x 38.1 cm (20 x 15 in)
  • Accession Number

    F1908.178a-b
  • EDAN ID

    edanmdm:fsg_F1908.178a-b

Object Details

  • Artist

    James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
  • Previous custodian or owner

    Stephen Manuel (1880-1954) (C.L. Freer source)
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
  • Provenance

    To 1908
    Stephen Manuel (1880-1954), English, to 1908 [1]
    From 1908 to 1919
    Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Stephen Manuel in November 1908 [2]
    From 1920
    Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
    Notes:
    [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases Since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
    According to F1908.178a-b, Label Text Field, note 1, "Whistler and Manuel were distant relations - Whistler's brother was married to the boy's aunt."
    [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.
  • Origin

    United States
  • Credit Line

    Gift of Charles Lang Freer
  • Type

    Painting
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