A Study in Red

Object Details

• Artist

  James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

• Provenance

  To 1909

  Wallis and Son, The French Gallery, London, to 1909 [1]

  From 1909 to 1919

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wallis and Son, The French Gallery in 1909 [2]

  From 1920

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

  Notes:

  [1] See Accession List, Collections Management office, as well as List of Whistler Purchases since Making up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 12, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

  [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

  Whistler's Nudes (April 21, 2002 to January 5, 2003)

  James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Figure (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)

  Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Paintings and Drawings (December 14, 1955 to February 25, 1956)

  Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)

  Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)

  Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler (March 15 to May 31, 1910)

  Catalogue des Tableau, Pastels, Dessins, Pointes Seches By J. Mac-Neill Whistler (November 25, 1903)

• Previous custodian or owner

  Wallis and Son, The French Gallery (C.L. Freer source)

  Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

• Origin

  United States

• Credit Line

  Gift of Charles Lang Freer

• Type

  Drawing

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• Related Resources

  collections.si.edu

• Date

  1890s

• Name

  Freer, Charles Lang, Wallis and Son, The French Gallery

• Place

  United States

• Topic

  Charles Lang Freer collection, Art, American Art, Woman

• Culture

  Americans

• Object Type

  Drawings