La Mère Gérard
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Period
1858 -
Geography
United States -
Material
Etching; ink on paper -
Dimension
H x W (overall): 12.8 x 9 cm (5 1/16 x 3 9/16 in) -
Accession Number
F1890.10 -
EDAN ID
edanmdm:fsg_F1890.10
Object Details
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Artist
James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) -
Edition/State
4, 3 -
Provenance
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]To 1890H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1890 [2]From 1890 to 1919Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1890 [3]From 1920Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]Notes:[1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.[2] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This image was purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in January 1890, but kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the main collection and given a registration number for that year.The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.[3] See note 2.[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
Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005) -
Previous custodian or owner
Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919) -
Origin
United States -
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer -
Type
Print -
Restrictions and Rights
CC0 - Creative Commons (CC0 1.0)
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