After Whistler's Portrait of Richard A. Canfield

Object Details

• Artist

  Henry Wolf (1852-1916)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1908

  Richard Albert Canfield (1855-1914), to 1908 [1]

  From 1908 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Richard Albert Canfield in 1908 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Whistler Reserved List, R. 19, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remark 1 in the object record: "Gift from Mr. Richard Canfield. See inscription on margin: 'Richard A Canfield for Charles L. Freer, Esq're.'"

  [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

  Print

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1910s, 1850s

• Name

  Canfield, Richard Albert, Freer, Charles Lang, Wolf, Henry

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, Copy, American Art, Men, Portraits

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Prints