Monadnock No. 2

Object Details

• Artist

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921)

• Provenance

  1912-1913

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) painted in 1912 [1]

  1913-1920

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from the artist, Abbott Handerson Thayer[2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Voucher No. 25, Charles L. Freer to Abbott H. Thayer, Box 119, Folder 12, Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC, copy in object file.

  [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.

  Research completed July 29, 2022

• Collection

  Freer Gallery of Art Collection

• Exhibition History

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

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

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

  American Art - Abbott Handerson Thayer (May 9, 1996 to June 30, 1997)

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

  American Paintings: Abbott Handerson Thayer 1849-1921 (December 11, 1976 to April 18, 1977)

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

  Special Centennial Exhibition of Thayer Paintings (August 12, 1949 to January 3, 1950)

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

  Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 4, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to February 25, 1956)

  American Paintings by Metcalf, Thayer, and Twatchman (March 23, 1925 to May 5, 1933)

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

  Exhibition of Paintings by Abbott H. Thayer (April 24 to May 28, 1919)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Abbott Handerson Thayer (1849-1921) (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

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• Date

  1910s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Thayer, Abbott Handerson

• Place

  United States, Sun

• Topic

  Mountains, Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, Winter, Snow, American Art

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes