Sunset, in Red and Brown
Object Details
- Label
- Whistler did not complete every pastel he began, and he sometimes reused drawing paper. An earlier drawing of a figure in front of a high-arched doorway is visible in the center of this sheet. In this drawing, Whistler attempted to unify the composite drawing by scumbling the colors in the sky and water.
- Provenance
- To 1917
- Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929), New York to 1917 [1]
- From 1917 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer in 1917 [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 Original Whistler List, pg. 16, 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 in Venice: The Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)
- Previous custodian or owner
- Mrs. Louisine Havemeyer (1855-1929) (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
- 1879-1880
- Accession Number
- F1917.8a-b
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Chalk and pastel on brown paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 30.1 x 20.3 cm (11 7/8 x 8 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
- sunset
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1917.8a-b
