Green and Silver: The Devonshire Cottages

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Historical period(s)
1883 or 1884
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
H x W: 32 x 62.8 cm (12 5/8 x 24 3/4 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1906.227a-c
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Painting
Type

Oil painting

Keywords
United States
Provenance

William McNeill Whistler [1]

To 1906
Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [2]

From 1906 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [3]

From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

Notes:

[1] The painting was owned by James McNeill Whistler's brother, William Whistler, for many years (see Curatorial Remark 4, David Park Curry, 1984, in the object record).

[2] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The frame was bought from James E. Hanna of Detroit (see Curatorial Remark 1 in the obeject record).

[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.

Previous Owner(s)

William McNeill Whistler 1836-1900
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Obach & Co. (C.L. Freer source)

Published References
  • Denys Sutton. James McNeill Whistler: Paintings, Etchings, Pastels & Watercolours. London, 1966. pl. 110.
  • Elizabeth Robins Pennell, Joseph Pennell. The Life of James McNeill Whistler. 2 vols., London and Philadelphia. vol. 2: p. 162.
  • Andrew McLaren Young, Margaret F. MacDonald, Robin Spencer. The Paintings of James McNeill Whistler. Studies in British Art 2 vols. New Haven, 1980. .
  • Burns A. Stubbs. James McNeill Whistler: A Biographical Outline Illustrated from the Collections of the Freer Gallery of Art. vol. 1, no. 4 Washington, 1950. pl. 23.
  • Kenneth Myers. Mr. Whistler's Gallery: Pictures at an 1884 Exhibition. Washington. cat. 9, pp. 34-35.
  • James Warren Lane, Aimee Crane. Whistler. New York. p. 64.
  • David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1984. p. 135, pl. 39.
  • Tom Prideaux. The World of Whistler, 1834-1903. New York, 1970. pp. 182-183.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
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