label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 49.8 x 73 cm (19 5/8 x 28 3/4 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art

content: Japan

content: Miscellaneous figures

title_sort: MISCELLANEOUS FIGURES

title: Miscellaneous figures


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: possibly 581-618

content: Possibly Sui dynasty

content: To 1912

content: Kiroku Adachi, Nagoya, Japan, to 1912 [1]

content: From 1912 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kiroku Adachi through Samurai Shokai, Yokohama, Japan, in 1912 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 383, pg. 122, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Kiroku Adachi (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: lotus

content: forgery

content: China

content: monk

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 29.4 × 18 × 8.9 cm (11 9/16 × 7 1/16 × 3 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Adachi, Kiroku

topic:
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Varada mudra
Forgery
Abhaya mudra
Monk
Lotus
Stone

culture: Buddhists Chinese

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Standing Bodhisattva with two flanking monks and two lions

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA WITH TWO FLANKING MONKS AND TWO LIONS

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: dated 573 CE

label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 133, pg. 51, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: Buddha

content: lion

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: lotus

content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 21.8 × 24.8 × 24.8 cm (8 9/16 × 9 3/4 × 9 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
buddha
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
Lotus
Stone

content: China

content: Pedestal with lotus petals, lions, and donor, originally supporting a Shijia Buddha (Shakyamuni) figure

title_sort: PEDESTAL WITH LOTUS PETALS, LIONS, AND DONOR, ORIGINALLY SUPPORTING A SHIJIA BUDDHA (SHAKYAMUNI) FIGURE


content: ca. 1840

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Hokusai: Mad About Painting (November 20, 2019 to January 9, 2022)

content: Hokusai: Paintings and Drawings (January 28, 2012 to June 24, 2012)

content: Seasons: Arts of Japan (February 5, 2011 to January 13, 2013)

content: Hokusai (October 25, 2005 to May 14, 2006)

content: Japanese Drawings (March 16, 1984 to July 22, 1985)

content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: music

content: flute

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: boy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 11.5 x 15.8 cm (4 1/2 x 6 1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Music
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Flute
Boy

content: Japan

content: Boy Playing Flute

title_sort: BOY PLAYING FLUTE

title: Boy Playing Flute


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: 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 G1 state 1 of 1.

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: ocean

content: island

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 14 x 24.5 cm (5 1/2 x 9 5/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Haden, Seymour
H. Wunderlich & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Ocean
Islands
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

label: Title

content: Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate

title_sort: SKETCHES ON THE COAST SURVEY PLATE

title: Sketches on the Coast Survey Plate


content: late 18th-mid 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Water jar (mizusashi), rectangular rim and round foot, base recessed, unglazed.

content: Clay: coarse gray stoneware.

content: Glaze: transparent, grayish, crackled in places.

content: Decoration: flower painted in iron brown and black under the glaze, and areas of heavily painted white slip, badly chipped.

label: Provenance

content: To 1899

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1899 [1]

content: From 1899 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1899 [2]]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 166, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Tea Bowls in Bloom: Botanical Decoration on Tea Ceremony Ceramics (February 3 to July 15, 2007)

content: Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: ceramic

content: flower

content: peony

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip and iron pigment under feldspathic glaze

content: H x Diam: 12.5 × 14 cm (4 15/16 × 5 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Peony
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Flowers

content: Japan

content: Tea ceremony water jar, unknown workshop

title_sort: TEA CEREMONY WATER JAR, UNKNOWN WORKSHOP

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 2

label: Label

content: 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 G47, no state provided.

content: To 1896

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1896 [1]

content: From 1896 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1896 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Plates, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object is part of a group (consisting of a set of sixteen plates, as well as one impression of each plate) that was purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in January 1896.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: bridge

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.5 x 20.1 cm (2 15/16 x 7 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Old Westminster Bridge

title_sort: OLD WESTMINSTER BRIDGE

title: Old Westminster Bridge


content: early 17th-mid 18th century

label: Provenance

content: From 1975-76 to 1992

content: Private collection, collected from Wihan Somdet Palace, Ayutthaya, Thailand between 1975 and 1976. [1]

content: From 1992

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of an anonymous donor. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Anonymous

content: Possibly Netherlands

content: glass

content: Thailand

content: Southeast Asian Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Anonymous donor

label: Data Source

content: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

content: H x W: 2.8 x 1.7 cm (1 1/8 x 11/16 in)

topic:
Art
Glass
Southeast Asian Art

content: Thailand

label: Title

content: Glass fragment

title_sort: GLASS FRAGMENT

title: Glass fragment


content: 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Hiroshige II 歌川広重 二世 (1826-1869)

content: To 1903

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, S.I. 286, pg. 77, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. For information regarding purchase location, see Accession List.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

content: landscape

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: river

content: rain

content: temple

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and tint on silk

content: H x W (image): 37.5 × 53.6 cm (14 3/4 × 21 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Matsuki, Bunkio

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Rain
Art
Temple
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ukiyo-e
Rivers
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: River landscape and temple in the rain

title_sort: RIVER LANDSCAPE AND TEMPLE IN THE RAIN

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: River landscape and temple in the rain


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Attributed to Maruyama Okyo 円山応挙 (1733-1795)

label: Signatures

content: Signature reads: "Okyo".

label: Marks

content: Contains two seals of Okyo and Chousen.

content: To 1898

content: Enrique Baer, to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Enrique Baer in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, pg. 144, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Life and Leisure: Everyday Life in Japanese Art (August 14, 2004 to February 20, 2005)

content: Enrique Baer (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: water

content: child

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 67.7 x 38.5 cm (26 5/8 x 15 3/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Baer, Enrique

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Children

content: Japan

content: A girl and an overturned water bucket

title_sort: A GIRL AND AN OVERTURNED WATER BUCKET

title: A girl and an overturned water bucket


content: 305 BCE-19 CE

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pgs. 1 and 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: H (overall): 3.7 cm (1 7/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Mosaic glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bar for cutting slices for inlay

title_sort: BAR FOR CUTTING SLICES FOR INLAY

title: Bar for cutting slices for inlay


label: Date

content: 18th century

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Pong Yuen Chi (Pang Yuanji), (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), given by Pong Yuen Chi, in China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 884, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: flower

content: winter

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: camellia

content: China

content: magpie

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W: 112.9 x 36.9 cm (44 7/16 x 14 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Pang, Yuanji

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Camellia
Winter
Magpie
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Flowers

content: China

content: Magpies and camellias in the snow

title_sort: MAGPIES AND CAMELLIAS IN THE SNOW

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Magpies and camellias in the snow


content: ca. 1750

label: Period

content: Mughal dynasty

label: Court

content: Mughal Court

label: School/Tradition

content: Mughal school

content: Before 1890

content: Ownership information unknown

content: By 1890-1907

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914), method of acquisition unknown [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See “Catalogue of Indo-Persian Pictures and Manuscripts, Principally of the Fifteenth, Sixteenth, and Seventeenth Centuries by Native Artists, Collected by H. B. Hanna” [book], (London: Dowdeswell and Dowdeswells, 1890).

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) was an officer in the British military and a collector of Indian paintings. Born in Petersfield, Hampshire, England, Hanna’s family later moved to London, where he was baptized in 1851. Beginning in 1857, Hanna served as a commissioned officer in the Indian Army and retired with the rank of Colonel in 1889. After his retirement, he resided in London and Petersfield with his younger sisters. According to Hanna, he began collecting Indian paintings around the time of the Indian Rebellion (1857-1859). See letter from Henry Bathurst Hanna to Charles Lang Freer, dated April 10, 1908 [sic, 1907], p. 3, Box 17, Folder No. 10, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.

content: [2] See Charles Lang Freer art voucher no. 24, “For a collection of Indo-Persian pictures and manuscripts” from H. B. Hanna of Heathmere, Petersfield, Hants. [Hampshire], England, from October 1907, Box 114, Folder No. 12, Charles Lang Freer Papers, National Museum of Asian Art Archives, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., copy in object file.

content: [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.

content: Research updated April 19, 2024

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Colonel Henry Bathurst Hanna (1839-1914) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh state, Avadh (Oudh), India

label: Topic

content: music

content: drum

content: lute

content: Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)

content: India

content: prince

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 28.4 x 35 cm (11 3/16 x 13 3/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Hanna, Henry Bathurst

place:
Lucknow
Avadh
Uttar Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Prince
Art
Drums (Membranophones)
Music
Mughal dynasty (1526 - 1858)
Lute

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: A prince holding an audience

title_sort: A PRINCE HOLDING AN AUDIENCE

title: A prince holding an audience


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 2

label: Label

content: 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 G221 state 2 of 13.

label: Provenance

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.1 x 29.2 cm (7 15/16 x 11 1/2 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Cities and towns
Rivers
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Two Doorways

title_sort: THE TWO DOORWAYS

title: The Two Doorways


label: Date

label: Period

content: Ming dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Pang Yuanji (1864-1949), Shanghai, China, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Pang Yuanji, through Pang Zanchen (1881-1951) and Seaouke Yue (You Xiaoxi) (late 19th-early 20th century), in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1127, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, P'ang Catalogue: Antique Famous Chinese Paintings Collected by P'ang Lai Ch'en, no. 16. This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pg. 23 and pg. 37, note 118.

content: Larsen explains that Pang Zanchen (the younger brother of Pang Yuanji) and Seaouke Yue were tasked by Pang Yuanji with bringing his paintings to New York to show them to Charles Lang Freer. See also, Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1127, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Pang Yuanji 龐元濟 (1864-1949) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: duck

content: plant

content: flower

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 121.9 x 43.7 cm (48 x 17 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Plants
Flowers
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Ducks

content: China

label: Title

content: Mandarin ducks, rocks, and a flowering plant

title_sort: MANDARIN DUCKS, ROCKS, AND A FLOWERING PLANT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 770-221 BCE

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 566, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: iron

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Iron

content: H x W: 21.3 x 3.5 cm (8 3/8 x 1 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Iron
Metal-work

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: To 1906

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1906 [1]

content: From 1906 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1906 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Young Whistler: Early Prints and the "French Set" (August 28, 2004 to March 13, 2005)

content: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: metal

content: copper

content: United States

content: American Art

content: town

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Steel-faced copper

content: H x W: 10.9 x 15.5 cm (4 5/16 x 6 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Cities and towns
Metal-work

content: United States

object_type:
Tools and equipment
Copper (metal)

content: Liverdun. One of the Twelve Etchings from Nature

title_sort: LIVERDUN. ONE OF THE TWELVE ETCHINGS FROM NATURE


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl, flaring ovoidal; low foot.

content: Clay: hard, gray

content: Glaze: light, greenish-gray with deep gray-white areas; fine crackle. Underfired.

content: Decoration: inlaid with white on both surfaces.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Pottery List, L. 563, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Yatsushiro, Kumamoto prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: pine tree

content: Yatsushiro ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: white slip

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under feldspathic glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 6.9 × 15.4 cm (2 11/16 × 6 1/16 in)

label: Style

content: Yatsushiro ware

place:
Yatsushiro
Japan
Kumamoto prefecture

topic:
Pine tree
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
White slip
Stoneware
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics
Yatsushiro ware

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Yatsushiro ware tea bowl with inlaid design of kirin, pine, and ivy

title_sort: YATSUSHIRO WARE TEA BOWL WITH INLAID DESIGN OF KIRIN, PINE, AND IVY


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.5 cm (3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ancient Egyptian Art
New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead


label: Date

content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Goryeo period

content: Reportedly excavated at Gaeseong, Hwanghaebuk-do province, Korea [1]

content: To 1917

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

content: The Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to information provided by Yamanaka and Company (see Curatorial Remarks, H.E. Buckman, 1964, in the object record). Also see F1917.317.1, Curatorial Remark 5, Louise Cort, July 8, 2010, in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1270, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Korea

content: gilding

content: metal

content: silver

content: Goryeo period (918 - 1392)

content: Korea

content: Korean Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Silver with gilding

content: H x W: 2 x 1.9 cm (13/16 x 3/4 in)

topic:
Gilding
Goryeo period (918 - 1392)
Silver
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Korean Art
Metal-work

content: Korea

content: Garment ornament ((one of pair, F1917.575-576)

title_sort: GARMENT ORNAMENT ((ONE OF PAIR, F1917.575-576)


content: Early Qing dynasty, Kangxi-Yongzheng reign

label: Description

content: Dish; shallow, molded in lobes. Low basal ring. One crack.

content: Color: deep blue, translucent. Considerable surface disintegration.

content: To 1913

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1913 [1]

content: From 1913 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1913 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 475, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Ancient Glass (May 26, 1982 to June 25, 1982)

content: Bicentennial Exhibition: Chinese Art (December 5, 1975 to November 10, 1976)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: glassblowing

content: glass

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Blow-formed glass

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.6 x 30.5 cm (3 x 12 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)
Glassblowing

content: China

label: Title

content: Dish

title_sort: DISH

title: Dish


content: late 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Shuzan

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, London, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Wood-carving List, R. 5303, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese and Chinese Lacquer (September 22, 1982 to June 30, 1983)

content: Japanese Lacquer (18 May 1980 to 15 June 1980)

content: Japanese Lacquer (April 16, 1979 to October 8, 1980)

content: Untitled Exhibition, North Corridor (November 20, 1969 to December 11, 1984)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: carving

content: lacquer

content: Daoism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Daoist Immortals

content: Japan

content: Rishi

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Costume Accessory

label: Medium

content: Wood with lacquer

content: H x W x D: 9.9 x 3.8 x 2.7 cm (3 7/8 x 1 1/2 x 1 1/16 in)

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Carving
Daoism
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Rishi

content: Japan

object_type:
Costume accessories
Costume

content: Netsuke: the Rishi Tekkai

title_sort: NETSUKE: THE RISHI TEKKAI

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Netsuke: the Rishi Tekkai


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Katsushika Hokusai 葛飾北斎 (1760-1849)

content: To 1904

content: Bunshichi Kobayashi (circa 1861-1923), Boston, San Francisco, Tokyo, and Yokohama, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunshichi Kobayashi in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 1, Sketches by Hokusai, S.I. 4, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Japanese Ukiyo-e Painting (May 2, 1973 to July 1, 1974)

content: Hokusai Bicentennial Exhibition (March 30, 1960 to August 16, 1961)

content: Kobayashi Bunshichi 小林文七 (ca. 1861-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: pomegranate

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (album mount): 59 x 36.6 cm (23 1/4 x 14 7/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Pomegranate

content: Japan

content: Pomegranates

title_sort: POMEGRANATES

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Pomegranates


content: 16th-17th century

content: Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Xia Gui 夏珪 (active ca. 1195-1230)

content: To 1911

content: Li Wenqing (circa 1869-1931), Shanghai to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Li Wenqing, in China, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserved Makimono List, L. 780, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This object was kept in the Reserved Section until 1921, when it was given a regular registration number.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Li Wenqing 李文卿 (ca. 1869-1931) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: water

content: river

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 29.3 x 376.5 cm (11 9/16 x 148 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

label: Title

content: Homeward boat on a clear river day

title_sort: HOMEWARD BOAT ON A CLEAR RIVER DAY

title: Homeward boat on a clear river day


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated in Shensi province [1]

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [2]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1917 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record.

content: [2] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1284, pg. 286, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Ancient Chinese Jades and Bronzes (November 20, 2010 to January 3, 2016)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1944 (December 13, 1944 to May 7, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1943 (March 22, 1943 to November 17, 1944)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Metalwork (March 14, 1931 to March 22, 1943)

content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

label: Topic

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 19: Afterlife: Ancient Chinese Jades

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

content: Diam x D: 26.3 x 1.6 cm (10 3/8 x 5/8 in)

content: Diam (hole): 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 3000s

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

place:
Lake Tai region
China

culture:
Chinese
Liangzhu culture

room: Gallery 19

building: Freer

content: China

content: Disk (bi 璧)

title_sort: DISK (BI 璧)

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Date

content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Copy after Qiu Ying 仇英 (ca. 1494-1552)

label: Description

content: Depicts, in the "blue and green style," a dwelling with an open pavilion overlooking a bay. The mountainous landscape is dotted with various trees, some flowering; roofs of a group of buildings can be seen at the right. Groups of commercial and fishing boats are moored and sailing in the bay. In the open pavilion, two attendants stand beside three gentlemen who are seated at a table set with food and drink. Two figures occupy a room below. Outside the building, a groom attends a horse, an attendant carries a rolled banner, and another carries a bundle of scrolls. Six seals, siganture and inscription, label on back. One of two with F1909.157.

label: Signatures

content: Signature on back

label: Marks

content: Six seals, label on back.

label: Inscriptions

content: Inscription on back

label: Label

content: The Hall of Scenic Beauty was built in 1057 by the imperial favorite Mei Zhi (act. 1020s-60s), while he was stationed in the city of Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province. Two years later, he requested the renowned prose master Ouyang Xiu (1007-1072) to memorialize the hall. An excerpt from this text is inscribed on the painting at upper right. Built between a river and a lake and bounded by mountains, the city of Hangzhou was widely considered one of the most beautifully situated urban centers in the empire. Providing both a panorama of the city below and a commanding view of the natural surroundings, the Hall of Scenic Beauty became a popular destination for day trips and appears in many contemporary poems.

content: This painting is a seventeenth-century copy of a composition attributed to the Ming dynasty painter Qiu Ying, whose spurious signature appears at lower left. The excerpt from Ouyang Xiu's essay at upper right was ostensibly written by the famous calligrapher Zhu Yunming (1461-1527), however the style of writing does not resemble his known works. This scroll is one of a pair with F1909.157.

content: To 1909

content: Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai, Beijing, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 614, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), Loon Gu Sai was possibly Lunguzhai, a store in the antiques district of Liulichang.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Looking Out, Looking In: Art in Late Imperial China (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Palaces and Pavilions: Grand Architecture in Chinese Painting (September 29, 2002 to March 30, 2003)

content: On the River (April 01, 1995 to January 23, 1996)

content: Loon Gu Sai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: spring

content: horse

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: fishing

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: commerce

content: river

content: boat

content: China

content: blue-and-green style

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 196.2 x 98.2 cm (77 1/4 x 38 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

topic:
Blue-and-green style
Boats and boating
Art
Chinese Art
Rivers
Spring
Fishing
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Animals
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Horses
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Business

content: China

content: The hall of scenic beauty 有美堂圖

title_sort: THE HALL OF SCENIC BEAUTY 有美堂圖

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The hall of scenic beauty 有美堂圖


content: 6th century

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Lombardy, Italy

label: Topic

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Italy

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: European Art

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 1.6 cm (5/8 in)

place: Italy Lombardy

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
European Art
Mosaic glass

content: Italy

label: Title

content: Bead, with medium bore

title_sort: BEAD, WITH MEDIUM BORE

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bead, with medium bore


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Egypt

content: glass

content: New Kingdom (ca. 1539 - 1075 BCE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.5 cm (3/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: mid 18th-early 19th century

content: Edo period

label: Artist

content: Kitao Shigemasa 北尾重政 (1739-1820)

label: School/Tradition

content: Ukiyo-e

content: To 1901

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908), New York, NY, and Spring Hill, AL, to 1901 [1]

content: From 1901 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Ernest Francisco Fenollosa in 1901 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 236, pg. 53, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Ernest Francisco Fenollosa (1853-1908) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: man

content: screen

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Color and gold on silk

content: H x W (image): 88.4 x 30.4 cm (34 13/16 x 11 15/16 in)

name:
Fenollosa, Ernest Francisco
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Screen
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Men
Japanese Art
Courtesan
Ukiyo-e
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: A courtesan helping a man to dress

title_sort: A COURTESAN HELPING A MAN TO DRESS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: A courtesan helping a man to dress


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Label

content: The very sketchy nature of these figures, along with their casual pose, suggests that they were drawn from life. Moreover, Whistler has not gone over the soft lines with harder, more detailed strokes, so he seems not to have reworked this drawing in his studio. The elaborate headpiece worn by the woman at the left must be made of lace. Such headpieces distinguished different provincial regions of France, and we may speculate that Whistler encountered his subjects during his summer travels in 1858.

label: Provenance

content: Seymour Haden (1818-1910), London [1]

content: To 1898

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1898 [2]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co., through Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938), in November 1898 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Haden Collection Drawings, pg. 2, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See Voucher No. 20, November 1898, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: woman

content: man

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Drawing

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Pencil on off-white wove paper

content: H x W: 15.1 x 10 cm (5 15/16 x 3 15/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Woman

content: United States

content: Group of three standing figures

title_sort: GROUP OF THREE STANDING FIGURES

title: Group of three standing figures


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: A night view on both sides of the canal, buildings with lighted windows which reflect in the water; two figures in left foreground; signed with the butterfly at lower right.

label: Signatures

content: Gray butterfly in lower right corner

label: Paper/Support

content: On cold-pressed, wove paper. Graphite sight marks in all four corners.

content: To 1902

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934), London, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Henry Studdy Theobald in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Purchases from Thoebald, pg. 5, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. See also, Voucher No. 1, August 1902,

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Whistler in Watercolor (May 18 to November 3, 2019)

content: The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)

content: Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)

content: James McNeill Whistler Pastels, Etchings, Paintings, Watercolors (November 11, 1976 to June 24, 1977)

content: Whistler Pastels and Water Colors (July 1 to July 31, 1974)

content: Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)

content: Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (March 1889)

content: Exposition Internationale de Peinture et de Sculpture (1887)

content: Annual Exhibition of Sketches, Pictures, and Photography (1884)

content: "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)

content: Henry Studdy Theobald (1847-1934) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: crop marks

content: bone black

content: cerulean blue

content: cobalt blue

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: iron oxide red

content: zinc white

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: cadmium sulfide

content: water

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Medium

content: Watercolor on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 29.3 x 23.1 cm (11 9/16 x 9 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Theobald, Henry Studdy

topic:
Water
Crop marks
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Cadmium sulfide
Cerulean blue
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
American Art
Raw sienna
Prussian blue
Cobalt blue
Raw umber
Burnt sienna

content: United States

label: Title

content: Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland

title_sort: NOCTURNE: GREY AND GOLD–CANAL, HOLLAND

label: Screen Image

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Nocturne: Grey and Gold–Canal, Holland


content: 18th century?

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Li Di (active late 12th-early 13th century)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, England, and New York, NY, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London and New York, in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Makimono and Kakemono List, L. 790, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: This object exhibits seals, colophons, or inscriptions that could provide additional information regarding the object’s history; see Curatorial Remarks in the object record for further details.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: bird

content: phoenix

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: peach

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 38.3 x 193.2 cm (15 1/16 x 76 1/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Peach
Birds
Phoenix

content: China

content: Birds among peach branches

title_sort: BIRDS AMONG PEACH BRANCHES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Birds among peach branches


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Mah Zuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Mah Zuh Kee in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 110, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: See also, Accession List, Collections Management office.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mah Zuh Kee (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Mirror

label: Restrictions & Rights

content: Bronze

content: Diam x D: 17.8 x 1.3 cm (7 x 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Kee, Mah Zuh

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Mirror

title_sort: MIRROR

title: Mirror


content: ca. 3300-2250 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

label: Description

content: Perforated disk of the type pi [bi] 璧; bored from both sides, leaving unpolished, ragged median ridge; mottled light to medium olive greens and dull browns; scattered gray film of incipient disintegration; surface contour uneven due to cutting irregularities. (Numerous chips on rim.)

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1917

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1917 [1]

content: From 1917 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi in 1917 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1297, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Lake Tai region, China

content: jade

content: nephrite

content: Late Neolithic period (ca. 5000 - ca. 1700 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Culture

content: Liangzhu culture, ca. 3300-ca. 2250 BCE

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: Diam x D: 16 x 1.4 cm (6 5/16 x 9/16 in)

content: China

label: Title

content: Disk (bi 璧)

label: Screen Image

title: Disk (bi 璧)


label: Period

content: Northern Zhou dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Bunkio Matsuki (1867-1940), Boston, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bunkio Matsuki in Japan 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 117, pg. 43, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Bunkio Matsuki 松木文恭 (1867-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)

content: China

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: cintamani

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 36.8 × 21.8 × 18.2 cm (14 1/2 × 8 9/16 × 7 3/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Chinese Art
Northern Zhou dynasty (557 - 581)
Varada mudra
Abhaya mudra
Cintamani
Stone

content: China

content: Buddhist sculpture

title_sort: BUDDHIST SCULPTURE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Buddhist sculpture


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

label: Label

content: 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 G18 state 2 of 4.

content: Giacomelli Collection [1]

content: To 1889

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1889 [2]

content: From 1889 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1889 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] An inscription on the back of the print, in pencil, in Charles Lang Freer's handwriting, states: "From the Giacomelli Collection" (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record).

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giacomelli Collection

content: Frederick Keppel and Co. (1868-1940) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: architecture

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 15.7 x 22.4 cm (6 3/16 x 8 13/16 in)

name:
Giacomelli Collection
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Architecture
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Unsafe Tenement

title_sort: THE UNSAFE TENEMENT

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: The Unsafe Tenement


content: early 1st-early 3rd century

label: Period

content: Eastern Han dynasty

label: Description

content: Dish or lid: shallow, circular.

content: Clay: soft, reddish.

content: Glaze: lead silicate glaze, dark green, with silvery iridescence; partly disintegrated.

content: To 1902

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1902 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 1179, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: iridescence

content: ceramic

content: Eastern Han dynasty (25 - 220)

content: funerary

content: China

content: earthenware

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Earthenware with copper-green lead-silicate glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 3.6 × 14.1 cm (1 7/16 × 5 9/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Han dynasty, 202 B.C.-220 A.D.
Chinese Art
Pottery
Funerary
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: China

label: Title

content: Tomb dish or lid

title_sort: TOMB DISH OR LID

label: Screen Image

title: Tomb dish or lid


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Guandao (active ca. 1270-1300)

label: School/Tradition

content: Zhe School

label: Provenance

content: To 1916

content: Wang Jiantang, Shanghai to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Wang Jiantang, in New York, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Reserve Kakemono List, R. 993, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1. See also, Accession List, purchase details.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Old Tales Retold: Narrative in Chinese Painting (April 20 to October 20, 2013)

content: In Human Form: Images of the Secular and Divine in Chinese Painting (January 31, 1996 to January 7, 1997)

content: Chinese Album Leaves and Fan Paintings (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

content: Wang Jiantang 王鑑堂 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: winter

content: goat

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: river

content: man

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll mounted on panel; ink on silk

content: H x W (image): 184.6 x 99.9 cm (72 11/16 x 39 5/16 in)

name:
Wang, Jiantang
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Winter
Chinese Art
Men
Goat
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Rivers

content: China

content: The Tearful Parting of Su Wu and Li Ling

title_sort: THE TEARFUL PARTING OF SU WU AND LI LING

label: Thumbnail Image


content: 1st century B.C.?

label: Period

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty or Roman Period

content: To 1909

content: Giovanni Dattari (circa 1858-1923), Cairo, Egypt, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Giovanni Dattari in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See S.I. 189, Miscellaneous List, Egyptian Glass, pg. 1, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This piece is part of a collection of glass that was purchased en bloc and includes 1,388 specimens (for further purchase information, see the folder for F1909.332).

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Giovanni Dattari (1858-1923) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Egypt

label: Topic

content: glass

content: Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)

content: Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Egypt

content: Ancient Egyptian Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 0.7 cm (1/4 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Glass
Ptolemaic Dynasty (305 - 30 BCE)
Ancient Egyptian Art
Roman Period (30 BCE - 395 CE)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead, hexagonal

title_sort: BEAD, HEXAGONAL

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Bead, hexagonal


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1916

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959), London, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Abel William Bahr, London, in 1916 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 596, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) was a collector and dealer born in Shanghai, China. After he left Shanghai in 1910, he lived, at various points in time, in London, Montreal, and Ridgefield, Connecticut. He established a gallery in New York City in 1920.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Abel William Bahr (1877-1959) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 3.8 x 5.9 cm (1 1/2 x 2 5/16 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Metal-work
Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

label: Title

content: Finial

title_sort: FINIAL

label: Screen Image

title: Finial


content: early 13th century

content: Saljuq period

label: Provenance

content: From 1950s – 2001

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, acquired in the 1950s from Iran. [1]

content: From 2001

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts, Baltimore, Maryland. [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] Acquired by donors in the 1950s during a visit to Iran.

content: [2] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List after 1920 file, Collections Management Office.

label: Collection

content: Freer Study Collection

content: Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

content: Iran

content: ceramic

content: Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Laurance P. Roberts

label: Data Source

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery

content: Vessel

content: Stone-paste painted under and over glaze with enamel (mina'i)

content: H x W x D: 9.4 x 12.4 x 2.2 cm (3 11/16 x 4 7/8 x 7/8 in)

topic:
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Saljuq period (1037 - 1300)
Ceramics

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Fragment moulded in high relief

title_sort: FRAGMENT MOULDED IN HIGH RELIEF

title: Fragment moulded in high relief


label: Artist

content: First generation after Nainsukh (active ca. 1710-1778)

label: School/Tradition

content: Kangra school

label: Marks

content: Verso: personal seal of Abdur Rahman Chughtai.

label: Inscriptions

content: Verso: some Urdu and English inscriptions.

content: To 1975

content: Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975), Lahore, Pakistan [1]

content: From 1975 to 2008

content: Arif Rahman Chughtai, ownership transferred after the death of his father, Abdur Rahman Chughtai in 1975 [2]

content: From 2008 to 2017

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Arif Rahman Chughtai in the United States in September 2008

content: From 2017

content: Freer Gallery of Art, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] The painting has a personal seal of Abdur Rahman Chughtai. One of Pakistan’s leading twentieth-century artists, Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1897-1975) built up a substantial collection of Indian paintings over the course of his career. This painting is likely to have left Himachal Pradesh for Pakistan before 1972 (when Chughtai was 75 years old). The artist’s own works and his collection of Indian court paintings went to his son, Arif Rahman Chughtai, who registered many of the Indian paintings as property of a museum dedicated to his father’s art. This painting does not bear the stamp of the Chughtai museum, which indicates that it was not registered with the Pakistani government as the property of the Chughtai museum.

content: [2] See notes 1.

content: [3] See Acquisition Consideration Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Abdur Rahman Chughtai (1894-1975)

content: Arif Rahman Chughtai

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

label: Origin

content: Kangra, Himachal Pradesh state, India

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Krishna

content: Bhagavata Purana

content: India

content: eclipse

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

content: Purchase from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (sheet): 20 × 28.3 cm (7 7/8 × 11 1/8 in)

content: H x W (painted border): 19.4 × 27.9 cm (7 5/8 × 11 in)

content: H x W (image within border): 15.7 × 23.8 cm (6 3/16 × 9 3/8 in)

name:
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Chughtai, Arif Rahman
Chughtai, Abdur Rahman

place:
Kangra
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Landscapes
Art
Krishna
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Bhagavata Purana
Eclipses

content: India

content: Krishna and his family admire a solar eclipse, perhaps a page from the “Kangra/Modi” Bhagavata Purana

title_sort: KRISHNA AND HIS FAMILY ADMIRE A SOLAR ECLIPSE, PERHAPS A PAGE FROM THE “KANGRA/MODI” BHAGAVATA PURANA

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: ca. 1804-1825

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, deep ovoid, on high spreading notched foot.

content: Goki [JPN] shape.

content: Clay: hard, dense, grayish. Orange flush on surface.

content: Glaze: grayish-white with slight greenish tinge, flushed with faint mauve-pink; crackled.

content: Impressed mark: Cipher of Ikeda Nakamasa, on body near foot.

label: Label

content: The cipher impressed near the foot of this bowl is that of Ikeda Nakamasa, head of a branch of the Tottori clan. Nakamasa commissioned such bowls at the Imkyuzan pottery sponsored by the main Ikeda house. The bowls were probably executed by a potter who was brought in shortly after 1800 from the large ceramic center of Shigaraki.

content: To 1897

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1897 [1]

content: From 1897 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1897 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 493, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Garden Potteries and Official Kilns: Clan-Sponsored Ceramics in the Edo Period (January 16, 1986 to November 3, 1986)

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Tottori prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Inaba ware, Inkyuzan type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Vessel

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Stoneware with rice-hull-ash glaze

content: H x Diam: 10.9 × 13.7 cm (4 5/16 × 5 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Inkyuzan ware

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

place:
Japan
Tottori prefecture

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Stoneware
Inaba ware, Inkyuzan type
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Inkyuzan ware tea bowl in Goki shape, with impressed cipher

title_sort: INKYUZAN WARE TEA BOWL IN GOKI SHAPE, WITH IMPRESSED CIPHER

label: High-resolution JPEG


content: ca. 1740

label: School/Tradition

content: Bilaspur school

content: The Bhagavad Gita (200 BCE-300 CE) is one of Hinduism's most sacred texts, and Krishna's manifestation as the cosmos is its profound core. The text presents a spectrum of doctrines and practices within a framework of personal devotion (bhakti) to Krishna. The eleventh chapter describes Krishna in his infinite cosmic form, vishvarupa, which encompasses all of time and "the whole world, moving and unmoving," filling "all the horizons," and "brushing the sky."

content: An eighteenth-century artist from the kingdom of Bilaspur, in the Punjab Hills, sought to evoke the limitless and proliferating universe by extending Krishna's sixty multicolored heads and forty-four pinwheeling arms to the very borders of the painting. Within the golden dhoti that wraps around his waist, a miniaturized mountain landscape conveys--through the juxtaposition of scale--both Krishna's vastness and his supremacy over all other Hindu gods and sages. Four of Krishna's heads, shaded the same lavender-blue as his body, are vertically stacked at the center of his body, and his lowest mouth is "spiky with fangs." The heads probably relate to the god's successive manifestations before his devotee Arjuna, the warrior prince who appears at the painting's lower left, his hands raised in the gesture of worship. As the hair on Arjuna's arms bristles in terror, Krishna abandons his human form and becomes the cosmic creator, universal sovereign, and Kala, who is both time and death.

content: In the Gita, Krishna's form, which embodies all of time and all phenomena, is overwhelming and terrifying. With its delicate line, luscious sherbet colors, and especially Krishna's gentle expressions as he meets the gaze of his devotees, the painting transcends literal illustration of the Gita's eleventh chapter to convey the broader context of bhakti devotion, in which Krishna's compassion is accessible to all.

label: Provenance

content: Prior to 1973

content: Thomas A. Woods [1]

content: Sale, London, Christie’s, Islamic, Indian, and South-East Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art, November 24, 1987, lot. 27: “Vishnu Visvarka”

content: From 1987 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, purchased at auction, “Islamic, Indian, and South-East Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art,” Christie’s, London, November 24, 1987, lot. 27, “Vishnu Visvarka”

content: From 2018

content: Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, partial gift and purchase from Catherine Glynn Benkaim [4]

content: [1] Thomas A. Woods is identified as the owner in Stuart C. Welch, A Flower from Every Meadow (New York: 1973), no. 42. It is probable that the painting was in Mr. Woods's collection in the United States in 1972, when planning for the 1973 exhibition and catalogue, A Flower from Every Meadow, would have been well under way.

content: [2] See Christie's auction catalogue, Islamic, Indian, and South-East Asian Manuscripts, Miniatures and Works of Art, from November 24, 1987.

content: [3] See note 2. See also the Acquisition Justification Form, object file, Collections Management Office.

content: [4] See note 3.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Yoga: The Art of Transformation (October 19, 2013 to January 26, 2014)

content: Vishnu: Hindu's Blue-skinned Saviour (February to October, 2011)

content: Indian Court Painting: 16th-19th Century (March 25 to July 6, 1997)

content: A Flower from Every Meadow: Indian Paintings from American Collections (April 12, 1973 to November 11, 1973)

content: Thomas A. Woods

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Bilaspur, Himachal Pradesh state, India

content: Krishna

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

content: Krishna Vishvarupa

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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Purchase and partial gift from the Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection — funds provided by the Friends of the National Museum of Asian Art

label: Data Source

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 19.8 × 11.7 cm (7 13/16 × 4 5/8 in)

content: H x W (painting): 17.4 × 9.5 cm (6 7/8 × 3 3/4 in)

name:
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Woods, Thomas A.

place:
Bilaspur
Himachal Pradesh state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Krishna
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Krishna Vishvarupa

content: India

label: Title

content: Krishna Vishvarupa

title_sort: KRISHNA VISHVARUPA

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Screen Image

title: Krishna Vishvarupa


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 4, 1

label: Label

content: 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 G221 state 1 of 13.

content: Cox Collection [1]

content: To 1903

content: Obach & Co., London, to 1903 [2]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1903 [3]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Freer Gallery of Art Purchase List file, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 1, November 1903, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [3] See note 2.

content: [4] 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Cox Collection

content: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching and drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20.1 x 29 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Obach & Co.
Cox Collection

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: The Two Doorways

title_sort: THE TWO DOORWAYS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: The Two Doorways


content: late 17th-late 19th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 484, pg. 134, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. The majority of Charles Lang Freer’s purchases from Yamanaka & Company were made at its New York branch. Yamanaka & Company maintained branch offices, at various times, in Boston, Chicago, London, Peking, Shanghai, Osaka, Nara, and Kyoto. During the summer, the company also maintained seasonal locations in Newport, Bar Harbor, and Atlantic City.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Yamanaka and Co. 山中商会 (1917-1965) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: kakemono

content: poppy

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Color and gold on paper

content: H x W: 105.8 x 40 cm (41 5/8 x 15 3/4 in)

topic:
Poppy
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Kakemono

content: Japan

content: Poppies

title_sort: POPPIES

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Poppies


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 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 G99 state 4 of 8.

content: To 1888

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1888 [1]

content: From 1888 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1888 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: boat

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (overall): 13.3 x 21 cm (5 1/4 x 8 1/4 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
H. Wunderlich & Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Cities and towns
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

label: Title

content: Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis

title_sort: AMSTERDAM, FROM THE TOLHUIS

label: Screen Image

title: Amsterdam, from the Tolhuis


content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: Intaglio print depicting a courtyard in which a young woman stands in the foreground, holding two containers. To her right is a large stone well. Several turkeys are walking in the foreground, around the well, and behind the woman. In the background is a building with stairs and a railing. Three figures stand are are seated before a doorway at the top of the stairs. Above them is a trellis with grapevine, which hangs down over the stairs.

label: Signatures

content: Signature in pencil: the Butterfly, imp.

label: Edition/State

content: 1st state

label: Label

content: 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 G236 state 1 of 2.

content: To 1887

content: M. Knoedler & Co., New York. [1]

content: From 1887 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York in 1887. [2]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer.

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Bill of Sale dated November 11, 1887 in the Charles Lang Freer Papers, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. At the time of this sale, M. Knoedler & Co. was located in New York City, later the gallery opened branches in London and Paris. See also Curatorial Remark 5 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [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 of Art.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Fine Impressions: Whistler, Freer, and Venice (October 18, 2014 to January 3, 2016)

content: Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: M. Knoedler & Co. (1846-2011) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: bird

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 20.8 x 13.2 cm (8 3/16 x 5 3/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
American Art
Birds
Etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: Turkeys

title_sort: TURKEYS

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Turkeys