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Object Details
- Edition/State
- 3, 1
- Provenance
- To 1913
- William K. Bixby (1857-1931), St. Louis, MO, to 1913 [1]
- From 1913 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from William K. Bixby in 1913 [2]
- From 1920
- The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] Undated folder sheet note. See List of Whistler Purchases since making up the Smithsonian Inventory, 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 Etchings and Copper Plates (May 15, 1968 to February 22, 1971)
- Centennial Exhibition, East Corridor (February 25, 1956 to July 10, 1958)
- Previous custodian or owner
- William K. Bixby (1857-1931) (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
- 1854
- Accession Number
- F1913.92
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Tool and Equipment
- Medium
- Copper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 14.9 x 26.3 cm (5 7/8 x 10 3/8 in)
- Origin
- United States
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- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Topic
- metal
- copper
- landscape
- ocean
- island
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1913.92
- Usage
- CC0
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