Frame for Dewing's The Lute

Object Details

• Designer

  Stanford White (1853-1906)

• Frame maker

  W. C. LeBrocq

• Description

  A gilded reverse frame, the sight edge with beading and a molding of tightly spaced leaves with ribbons, the ogee frieze cast with honeysuckle blossoms and U-motifs, surrounded by bands of beading and an ogee back edge.

• 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 2, Linda Merrill, March 29, 1993, in the object record. 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.

  [2] See note 1.

  [3] See note 1. 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

  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)

  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)

• 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

  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

  1910s, 1890s

• Name

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

• Place

  New York, United States

• Topic

  Gilding, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Frames