La Rétameuse
Object Details
- Edition/State
- 2
- Label
- Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G26 state 2 of 2.
- Provenance
- To 1888
- H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]
- From 1888 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] 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., July 30, 1888, but was kept in the Reserve Section until January 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institute and given a registration number for that year. The registration number was later changed to correspond with the year of purchase.
- [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
- Previous custodian or owner
- H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- Data Source
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Date
- 1858
- Accession Number
- F1888.37
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Medium
- Etching; ink on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W (overall): 11 x 8.9 cm (4 5/16 x 3 1/2 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- etching (printing process)
- portrait
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1888.37
