The Weavers

Object Details

• Artist

  John Singer Sargent (1856-1925)

• Provenance

  To 1913

  M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, to 1913 [1]

  From 1913 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, in 1913 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See List of American Paintings other than by Whistler, A, pg. 11, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Purchased from M. Knoedler and Co., New York, November 10, 1913, (see Curatorial Remark 4, Kate Theimer, March 23, 1994, in the object record).

  [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

  A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)

  Freer North Corridor (May 9. 1993 to January 3, 2016)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, 1944 (March 23, 1944 to November 15, 1944)

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings (May 1, 1933 to February 6, 1944)

  American Paintings by Dewing, Sargeant, Homer, Tryon, Brush, Melchers and Whistler (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)

  American Paintings, Miscellaneous (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)

  The 145th Exhibition of the Royal Academy (1913)

• Previous custodian or owner

  M. Knoedler & Co. (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Painting

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• Date

  1910s

• Name

  Knoedler, Freer, Charles Lang

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Weaving

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings