Design for a Decorated Fan
Object Details
- Description
- A nude figure, dancing, fitted to the shape of a spoke in a folding fan.
- Signatures
- Red butterfly, to left of figure, with long tail ending with a graphite barb
- Inscriptions
- Verso inscribed by Freer: Sketch for Fan / Given to me by Mr Whistler / August 1899 / CLF
- Paper/Support
- On laid paper with the chain lines running vertically. There are 2.6 cm between chain lines and eight laid lines per cm.
- Provenance
- From 1899 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by the artist in 1899 [1]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
- Notes:
- [1] See List of Whistler Paintings, etc., Transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The Registration number for this object was changed to correspond with the date of gift. On the back of the sketch, a note in Mr. Freer's handwriting states: "Sketch for Fan. Given to me by Mr. Whistler, August 1899. C.L.F." (according to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record).
- [2] 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
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
- Previous custodian or owner
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (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
- 1895
- Accession Number
- F1899.106
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- Usage conditions apply
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Watercolor and graphite on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 17.6 x 11.2 cm (6 15/16 x 4 7/16 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Whistler in Watercolor
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- iron oxide red
- fan
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1899.106
