The Lute

Object Details

• Artist

  Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)

• Provenance

  N. E. Montross, 1849-1932, New York, purchased from the artist [1]

  From at least 1905 to 1913

  William T. Evans (1843-1918), New York and New Jersey, purchased from Montross Galleries, from at least 1905 [2]

  From 1913 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the William T. Evans sale, American Art Association, March 31 and April 1-2, 1913, no. 141 [3]

  From 1920

  Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

  Notes:

  [1] See Curatorial Remark 3, Linda Merrill, March 29, 1993, in the object record.

  [2] See note 1. See also, Dana H. Carroll and William Thomas Evans, New York, Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings Formed by the Widely Known Amateur William T. Evans, sale cat. (New York, NY: American Art Association, March 31-April 1 and 2, 1913), no. 141.

  [3] See notes 1 and 2. See also, List of American Paintings Other than by Whistler, A, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [4] 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

  Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes (July 13, 2024 to July 26, 2026)

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

  Sylvan Sounds: Freer, Dewing, and Japan (May 18, 2013 to January 4, 2015)

  Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)

  Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)

  American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)

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

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

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

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

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

  American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)

  Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 8 and 9 (February 25, 1956 to April 28, 1958)

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

  Collection of American Paintings Formed by the Widely Known Amateur William T. Evans, Esq., of New York (March 1913)

  Untitled Exhibition, Madison Square South, New York, 1913 (March 26 to April 2, 1913)

  Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing, D.W. Tryon (January 4 to 20, 1906)

• Previous custodian or owner

  N.E. Montross (1849-1932)

  William T. Evans (American, born Ireland, 1843-1918)

  American Art Association (established 1883) (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 10: Shifting Boundaries: Perspectives on American Landscapes

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1900s

• Name

  American Art Association, Freer, Charles Lang, Montross, N. E., Evans, William T.

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Music

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes