Portrait of Mrs. Brush

Object Details

• Artist

  George de Forest Brush (1855-1941)

• Previous custodian or owner

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

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Provenance

  To 1917

  M. Knoedler & Co., New York, NY, to 1917 [1]

  From 1917 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Knoedler & Co., in New York, in 1917 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Voucher No. 3, April 1917, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Also two original labels are attached to folder sheet. Both labels are dated 1914, and list return addresses for the painting as: "M. Knoedler & Co./556 Fifth Ave N.Y. City" and "556 Fifth Ave/The Corcoran Gallery of Art/Washington, DC" See Curatorial Remark 2, Kate Theimer, April 1, 1994, in the object record, for further details on these labels.

  [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

  Painting

• On View

  Freer Gallery 10: A Perfect Harmony

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1880s, 1890s

• Name

  Knoedler, Freer, Charles Lang, Brush, George de Forest

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Art, American Art, Portraits, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Paintings

• On View

  Yes