content: 18th century (?)

label: Description

content: Shape: Corner section of a large, hollow wall tile, curvilinear in form but of uncertain outline.

content: Clay: Very porous, medium-grained, dark buff-colored body having many fine, white inclusions and a moderate number of air pockets.

content: Glaze: Shiny, clear glaze having a greenish tint and a moderately large crackle pattern.

content: Decoration: Underglaze cobalt-blue vegetal and geometric designs painted on a white slip ground.

content: Marks: None.

content: To 1957

content: Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [1]

content: John A. Pope (1906-1982), Washington DC, gift of Abu Ridho, Jakarta, Indonesia. [2]

content: From 1957

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of John A. Pope, Washington DC [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remarks 2 and 3 in the object record.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: [3] See note 1. See also object file, Collections Management Office.

content: Freer Study Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Abu Ridho (born 1927)

content: Dr. John Alexander Pope (1906-1982)

label: Origin

content: Iran?

content: ceramic

content: Iran

content: stoneware

content: Arts of the Islamic World

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of John A. Pope

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

label: Type

content: Architectural Element

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glazed stoneware Mold-formed

content: H x W x D: 5.9 x 15.1 x 4 cm (2 5/16 x 5 15/16 x 1 9/16 in)

name:
Pope, John Alexander
Ridho, Abu

topic:
Art
Stoneware
Arts of the Islamic World
Ceramics

content: Fragment of an underglaze cobalt-blue-painted wall tile

title_sort: FRAGMENT OF AN UNDERGLAZE COBALT-BLUE-PAINTED WALL TILE

label: Thumbnail Image


unitCode: FSG

type: edanmdm

label: Date

content: 14th century

label: Period

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

label: Artist

content: Follower of Yan Hui 顏輝 (late 13th-early 14th century)

content: Formerly attributed to Liu Songnian (傳)劉松年 (ca. 1150-after 1225)

label: Label

content: In a deep pine ravine, by a rapid mountain stream, two men sit in conversation. The one facing us, a crutch beside him, is the Daoist immortal Li Tieguai. Kneeling in front of him is the pilgrim who has come into these deep mountains to "ask about the Dao," or Way of Life.

content: The Daoist narrative emphasizes strangeness, darkness, mystery, and the perilous. It tells us that life does not have easy answers--that the paths of life are seldom straight, that along the way there are many diversions, difficulties, and temptations. In contrast, the Confucian narrative of wise rulership emphasizes brightness, nobility, elegance, and expansiveness.

content: In the lower left corner there is a spurious signature and seal of the Southern Song (1127-1279) court painter, Liu Songnian (active 12th century), but this powerful expression of man's eternal quest for understanding should be associated with Yan Hui (active ca. 1300), a professional painter of Buddhist and Daoist subjects in the aftermath of the Mongol conquest of China in 1279.

content: To learn more about this and similar objects, visit http://www.asia.si.edu/SongYuan/default.asp Song and Yuan Dynasty Painting and Calligraphy.

label: Provenance

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 865, 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.

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: Exhibition History

content: Style in Chinese Landscape Painting: The Yuan Legacy (November 22, 2014 to May 31, 2015)

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

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: landscape

content: Daoism

content: pine tree

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: mountain

content: waterfall

content: river

content: teaching

content: Daoist Immortals

content: Li Tiegnai

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 142.5 x 77.5 cm (56 1/8 x 30 1/2 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Daoist Immortals
Li Tiegnai
Art
Daoism
Chinese Art
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Rivers
Teaching
Pine tree
Mountains
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Waterfalls
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

type: Country

content: China

label: Title

content: Discussing the Dao in the shade of pines 松陰論道圖

unit_code: FSG

title_sort: DISCUSSING THE DAO IN THE SHADE OF PINES 松陰論道圖

type: Images

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: ca. 1806-1808

content: Edo period

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

content: To 1907

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1907 [1]

content: From 1907 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1907 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 606, pg. 159, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Scrolls and Beyond (November 17, 2018 to October 20, 2019)

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: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: poet

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W (image): 131.1 × 52.8 cm (51 5/8 × 20 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

content: Six Immortals of Poetry: Sojo Henjo

title_sort: SIX IMMORTALS OF POETRY: SOJO HENJO

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Six Immortals of Poetry: Sojo Henjo


content: ca. 1690-95

label: School/Tradition

content: Basohli school

label: Label

content: Raga (Sanskrit, color or passion) is the term for a classical music mode, a set framework for improvisation. Having originated in the first millennium, ragas were systematized and classified during the thirteenth through sixteenth century, they were classified into ragamalas, meaning garlands of musical modes. A common system recognized six raga husbands, each "married" to five ragini wives for a total of thirty-six "families." Families of musical modes sometimes included sons or ragaputras as well. By the fifteenth century, ragas had become associated with specific moods, times, seasons, affective properties, deities, lovers, and heroes. Around 1590-1620, illustrated ragamala series became a favorite subject for Rajput patrons, as well as for some Mughals, such as Abd-ur Rahim, patron of the Freer Ramayana and the Laud Ragamala. Specific iconographies were developed for depicting each mode. These formulae lent themselves to variations, which were sometimes dependent on region.

content: Like musical compositions, illustrated ragas evoke mood and engender feeling. However, the connection seems to be indirect. Although some connoisseurs of music may have internally "heard" a composition when viewing its image, ragamalas were probably more broadly valued for their poetic and pictorial pleasures. The commission of a ragamala series also would have been understood as a sign of a patron's cultivated sensibility.

label: Provenance

content: To 1973

content: Marjory Buckle, Hong Kong [1]

content: From 1973 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Marjory or Marjorie Buckle in New York in June 1973 [2]

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, ownership was transferred after the death of her husband, Ralph Benkaim in 2001 [3]

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] It is very likely that this widely-exhibited and well-published painting was in a Hong Kong collection prior to September 1972.

content: [2] In 1973 this and other Indian paintings were in the collection of Marjory Buckle, an American who lived in Hong Kong. When she decided to disperse her collection, she contacted Willie Wolff, a New York City dealer who specialized in Asian sculpture, not painting. According to correspondence between Catherine Glynn Benkaim and Debra Diamond in June 2016: when Ralph Benkaim was in New York City in 1973, Willie Wolff brought the paintings to his attention. Ms. Benkaim does not know the exact date of Mr. Benkaim’s New York City visit because the trip took place prior to their marriage. Mr. Benkaim’s handwritten records indicate that he signed the check in June 1973. There is no paperwork indicating if the check was directly made out to Marjory Buckle and/or if the paintings were shipped directly from Hong Kong to Los Angeles.

content: Everything argues for a somewhat protracted process: it is unlikely that a westerner in the 1970s (other than a handful of well-known professional dealers) could have amassed a collection of Indian paintings in a few months (that is, acquiring after September 1972, when Indian paintings were first listed as antiquities, and then selling by June 1973). Wolff did not take the Buckle paintings on consignment because he did not deal in paintings, and Wolff only mentioned the paintings to Ralph Benkaim when they met in New York City. According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim to Debra Diamond in June 2016.

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

content: [4] See note 3.

label: Collection

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Marjory Buckle

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: Basohli, Jammu and Kashmir, India

label: Topic

content: child

content: woman

content: ragamala

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor on paper

content: H x W (overall): 20.3 × 19.7 cm (8 × 7 3/4 in)

name:
Buckle, Marjory
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn

place: Basohli Kashmir Jammu India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Children
Ragamala
Woman

culture:
Himalayan peoples
South Asians

content: India

content: Vilaval Ragini, from a Ragamala

title_sort: VILAVAL RAGINI, FROM A RAGAMALA

title: Vilaval Ragini, from a Ragamala


content: late 17th century

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea bowl with notched foot.

content: Clay: reddish.

content: Glaze: white slip under clear glaze.

content: This Hagi tea bowl bears the notched foot associated with Korean tea bowls, but the stylization of the rim is a design innovation. A thick coating of slip beneath the clear glaze produces the intense whiteness.

content: To 1898

content: Yamanaka & Company, 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] See Original Pottery List, L. 540, 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

label: Exhibition History

content: Freer and Tea II: Raku, Hagi, Karatsu (July 8, 2006 to January 1, 2007)

content: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Yamaguchi prefecture, Japan

content: ceramic

content: Hagi ware

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

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

label: Accession Number

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with white slip under wood-ash glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x Diam: 8.9 x 13.6 cm (3 1/2 x 5 3/8 in)

label: Style

content: Hagi ware

place:
Japan
Yamaguchi prefecture

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Tea bowl with notched foot, Hagi ware

title_sort: TEA BOWL WITH NOTCHED FOOT, HAGI WARE

title: Tea bowl with notched foot, Hagi ware


label: Date

content: ca. 5th-4th century BCE

content: Late Eastern Zhou dynasty, Warring States period

content: To 1949

content: Jun Tsei Tai (1911-1992), Shanghai, to March 1949 [1]

content: C. T. Loo & Company, New York, purchased from Jun Tsei Tai in March 1949 [2]

content: From 1949

content: Freer Gallery of Art, purchased from C. T. Loo & Company on November 7, 1949 [3]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See C. T. Loo's stockcard no. 46344: "Bronze buckle, long curved buckle inlaid with gold and turquoise, Late Chou," C. T. Loo & Frank Caro Archive, Musée Guimet, Paris, copy in object file.

content: According to an annotation on the stockcard, Loo purchased the object from J. T. Tai.

content: Jun Tsei Tai (more commonly known in the West as J. T. Tai), known also as Dai Fubao in Shanghai, was a successful art dealer who was initially based in Shanghai China. Tai became one of C. T. Loo's most prolific suppliers in the 1940s. In 1949, however, J. T. Tai fled with his family to Hong Kong, when Communist leaders came into power. In 1950, he immigrated to New York City, where he established J. T. Tai & Company, a successful company that specialized in the sale of Chinese arts.

content: [2] See C. T. Loo's stockcard cited in note 1. On February 21, 1949, the object was sent to the Freer Gallery for examination.

content: [3] See C. T. Loo's invoice, dated November 7, 1949, copy in object file.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Personal Luxuries in Early China (July 7, 1998 to January 3, 2016)

content: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

content: Chinese Art of the Warring States Period: Change and Community, 480-222 B.C. (September 30, 1982 to February 17, 1983)

content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Jun Tsei Tai 戴潤齋 (1911-1992)

content: C. T. Loo & Company (1914-1948)

label: Origin

content: China

content: casting

content: inlay (process)

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Purchase — Charles Lang Freer Endowment

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze inlaid with gold and turquoise

content: H x W x D: 19.9 x 1.4 x 4 cm (7 13/16 x 9/16 x 1 9/16 in)

name:
C. T. Loo & Company
Tai, Jun Tsei

topic:
Bronze
Art
Inlay (process)
Sculpture
Eastern Zhou dynasty (770 - 221 BCE)
Chinese Art
Metal-work

content: China

object_type: Ornaments Jewelry

content: Garment hook (daigou) with geometric decoration

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU) WITH GEOMETRIC DECORATION

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

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


content: 18th century ?

label: Period

content: Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Luo Ping (1733-1799)

label: Provenance

content: To 1911

content: Lee Chiao San, Shanghai, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Lee Chiao San, in China, 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 Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 879, 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.

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: Lee Chiao San (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

content: H x W: 82.1 x 33.1 cm (32 5/16 x 13 1/16 in)

name:
San, Lee Chiao
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Men

content: China

content: Standing man in a red coat

title_sort: STANDING MAN IN A RED COAT

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Standing man in a red coat


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.4 cm (3/16 in)

name:
Dattari, Giovanni
Freer, Charles Lang

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

type: Continent

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead

title_sort: BEAD

title: Bead


content: 1st-2nd century

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Syria

content: mosaic glass

content: glass

content: Syria

content: Ancient Near Eastern 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: Unclassified

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Glass

content: H (overall): 4.7 cm (1 7/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Ancient Near Eastern Art
Mosaic glass

culture:
Middle Easterners
Syrians

content: Fragment

title_sort: FRAGMENT

title: Fragment


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han 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. 627, 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: 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

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.2 x 2.6 cm (2 13/16 x 1 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

title_sort: GARMENT HOOK (DAIGOU)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 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 G28 state 1 of 1.

content: To 1893

content: M. Knoedler & Co., New York to 1893 [1]

content: From 1893 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from M. Knoedler & Co., New York, in March of 1893 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects transferred to Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. This print is part of a set that was purchased from Knoedler and Co. in March of 1893. The set was kept in the Reserve Section until January of 1921, when it was transferred to the Smithsonian Institution and each print given a registration number for that year (see Curatorial Remark 1, G. D. Guest, 1921, in the object package). See also, Accession List, Collections Management Office.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (overall): 8.2 x 5.6 cm (3 1/4 x 2 3/16 in)

name:
Knoedler
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: United States

content: August Delâtre

title_sort: AUGUST DELÂTRE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: August Delâtre


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

content: To 1909

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

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: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

label: Dimensions

content: Diam: 0.9 cm (3/8 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

label: Title

content: Bead, conical

title_sort: BEAD, CONICAL

title: Bead, conical


content: 206 BCE-220 CE

label: Period

content: Han dynasty

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 651, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: animal

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

content: H x W: 15.8 x 4.7 cm (6 1/4 x 1 7/8 in)

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

content: China

content: Garment hook (daigou)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Garment hook (daigou)


label: Date

label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G33 state 1 of 2.

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.

label: Collection

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

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: child

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.6 x 15.3 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

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

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

content: United States

content: Bibi Lalouette

title_sort: BIBI LALOUETTE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bibi Lalouette


content: 14th-15th century

content: Yuan or Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Li Gonglin (傳)李公麟 (ca. 1049-1106)

content: To 1909

content: Riu Cheng Chai, Beijing, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Riu Cheng Chai in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 675, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Riu Cheng Chai (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

content: horse

content: Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: baimiao style

content: treaty

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 25.2 x 542.1 cm (9 15/16 x 213 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Riu Cheng Chai

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Baimiao style
Animals
Treaty
Chinese Art
Horses
Yuan dynasty (1279 - 1368)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Treaty at the Bian Bridge 《汴橋會盟圖》

title_sort: TREATY AT THE BIAN BRIDGE 《汴橋會盟圖》

title: Treaty at the Bian Bridge 《汴橋會盟圖》


label: Period

content: Northern Song dynasty

label: Provenance

content: Reportedly excavated at Gumi, Gyeongsangbuk-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, and Soo Y. Park, March 24, 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: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)

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

label: Type

content: Jewelry and Ornament

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze, gilding

content: H x W: 3.9 x 3.4 cm (1 9/16 x 1 5/16 in)

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Northern Song dynasty (960 - 1127)
Metal-work

content: China

content: Belt ornament (from a set of eight, F1916.474, 719-724, F1917.558)

title_sort: BELT ORNAMENT (FROM A SET OF EIGHT, F1916.474, 719-724, F1917.558)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: 206 BCE-220 CE

content: Han dynasty

content: To 1919

content: You Xiaoxi (late 19th-early 20th century), Shanghai, to 1919 [1]

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, in New York, in 1919 [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. 1455, pg. 301, 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: You Xiaoxi 游篠溪 (late 19th-early 20th century) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

label: Topic

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: bear

content: Han dynasty (206 BCE - 220 CE)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 4.7 x 2.9 cm (1 7/8 x 1 1/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
You, Xiaoxi

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

content: China

content: Support in the form of a bear

title_sort: SUPPORT IN THE FORM OF A BEAR

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Support in the form of a bear


content: 1550-1196 BCE

content: New Kingdom

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: 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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: H: 2 cm (13/16 in)

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

title: Bead


content: 17th century

label: Period

content: Ming or Qing dynasty

label: Artist

content: Formerly attributed to Xu Daoning (ca. 1000-after 1066)

label: Provenance

content: To 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 1334, 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.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: landscape

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: mountain

content: bridge

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Hanging scroll; ink and color on silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 161.1 x 72.1 cm (63 7/16 x 28 3/8 in)

topic:
Mountains
Bridges
Charles Lang Freer collection
Landscapes
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

label: Title

content: Mountain landscape; a gorge, farm-buildings, a bridge, and several travelers

title_sort: MOUNTAIN LANDSCAPE; A GORGE, FARM-BUILDINGS, A BRIDGE, AND SEVERAL TRAVELERS


content: early 17th century

content: Edo period

content: Attributed to Hon'ami Koetsu 本阿弥光悦 (1558-1637)

content: To 1909

content: Shinsuke Hayashi, Kyoto, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Panel List, S.I. 67p, pg. 22, 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: Japanese Ceramics (April 11, 1978 to January 17, 1980)

content: Shinsuke Hayashi 林新助 (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: butterfly

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: shikishi

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: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink, color, and gold on paper

content: H x W: 17.5 x 17.5 cm (6 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Shinsuke, Hayashi

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Animals
Insects
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Shikishi
Poetry
Butterflies

content: Japan

content: Butterflies and grasses

title_sort: BUTTERFLIES AND GRASSES

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Butterflies and grasses


label: Date

content: Sui dynasty

content: To 1909

content: Kihachiro Matsuki, Tokyo, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Kihachiro Matsuki in Japan 1909 [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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 331, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Kihachiro Matsuki (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: stone

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Sculpture

content: Stone

content: H x W x D: 99.4 x 36 x 31.5 cm (39 1/8 x 14 3/16 x 12 3/8 in)

name:
Kihachiro, Matsuki
Freer, Charles Lang

topic:
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Stone
Bodhisattva
Guanyin

culture: Buddhists Chinese

content: China

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title_sort: BODHISATTVA AVALOKITESHVARA (GUANYIN)

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


label: Period

content: Period of Division, Northern Wei dynasty

label: Description

content: Standing Bodhisattva Lotus holder Guanyin in relief against a flaming "mandorla;" inscription of 32 characters incised on four-legged base.

content: Bronze gilded and much worn.

label: Inscriptions

content: (H.C. Lovell, 1974) The inscription reads: "Ta Wei Hsing-an erh-nien sui tsai kuei-ssu Chu-lu hsia Ch'u-yang ch'ing-hsin-nu Chao Lu-yuan wai mang tsu-fu mu ching tsao Kuan-Shih yin hsian" [Chn]

content: It can be rendered: "In the second year of Hsing-an of the Great Wei Dynasty [A.D. 453], cycle "kuei-ssu," Buddhist Chao Lu-yuan (woman) of Ch'u-yang, in the proximity of Chu-lu, respectfully had this image of Kuan-yin made for her deceased grandparents."

content: (See Curatorial Remark number 6)

content: The inscription reads: [Chn]

content: "Dai Wei Xingan ernian sui zai guisi Julu xia Quyang qingxin nu Zhao Luyuan wei wang zufumu jing zao Guanshiyin xiang" which can be translated: "Great Wei Dynasty, Xingan era second year (453 A.D.), year cycle guisi, the female believer Zhao Luyuan of Quyang, near Julu (present day Hebei), for the sake of her deceased grandparents respectfully had this image of Guanshiyin made."

content: (See Curatorial Remark number 8)

content: 方座的右侧刻有铭文题记曰： transcription by Chang Qing

content: 大魏太和…/年/岁/在/癸巳…鹿

content: 方座背部续刻铭文题记曰：

content: 方座背部续刻铭文题记曰：

label: Provenance

content: To 1909

content: Meh Tuh Kee, Shanghai, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Meh Tuh Kee, Shanghai, in 1909 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Bronze List, S.I. 98, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Promise of Paradise (October 14, 2017 - ongoing)

content: Promise of Paradise: Early Chinese Buddhist Sculpture (December 1, 2012 to January 3, 2016)

content: Buddhist Art (May 9, 1993 to August 9, 2011)

content: Studies in Connoisseurship 1923-1983 (September 23, 1983 to March 1, 1984)

content: Meh Tuh Kee (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Quyang, Hebei province, China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: Avalokiteshvara

content: Period of Division (220 - 589)

content: Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)

content: Guanyin

content: China

content: mandorla

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: On View

content: West Building (Freer Gallery of Art), Gallery 17: Promise of Paradise

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Sculpture

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W x D: 23 x 11.9 x 6.8 cm (9 1/16 x 4 11/16 x 2 11/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tuh Kee, Meh

place:
Quyang
China
Hebei province

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Period of Division (220 - 589)
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Avalokite?svara (Buddhist deity)
Bodhisattva
Northern Wei dynasty (386 - 534)
Metal-work
Guanyin
Charles Lang Freer collection
Sculpture

room: Gallery 17

building: Freer

content: China

content: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)

title: Bodhisattva Avalokiteshvara (Guanyin)


content: ca. 2000-1700 BCE

content: Late Neolithic period

content: Ceremonial implement of very dark grayish green jade with brownish patination on tang and edges; blade slightly concave on both sides; lateral dull edges flaring to form sharp concave edge on end; perforation in tang that is divided from the blade proper by triangular projections at either edge. One side of tang chipped.

content: Acquired with a box, now lost.

content: To 1916

content: You Xiaoxi, Shanghai, to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from You Xiaoxi, 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 Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1038, pg. 230, 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: Chinese Art (February 18, 1983 to April 1, 1987)

content: Chinese Art (March 15, 1982 to June 15, 1982)

content: Chinese Art (March 9, 1981 to March 12, 1982)

content: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

content: Chinese Bronze, Jade, Metalwork (March 1, 1957 to January 1, 1963)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Ancient Chinese Art, 1945 (January 9, 1945 to August 20, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Art, 1944 (November 15, 1944 to May 6, 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: Shenmu Shimao, probably Shaanxi province, 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: Longshan culture, ca. 3000-ca. 1700 BCE

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Jades for Life and Death

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Type

content: Ceremonial Object

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Jade (nephrite)

label: Dimensions

content: H x W x D: 36.5 x 7.2 x 0.8 cm (14 3/8 x 2 7/8 x 5/16 in)

date:
BCE 2000s
BCE 1000s

place:
Shenmu Shimao
Shaanxi province
China

culture:
Longshan culture
Chinese

content: China

label: Title

content: Forked blade (zhang 璋)

title_sort: FORKED BLADE (ZHANG 璋)

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Forked blade (zhang 璋)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Muromachi period

content: Mr. Kawahara, Osaka [1]

content: To 1904

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1904 [2]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1904 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] According to a note from the Original Kakemono List (see Curatorial Remark 3, in the object record).

content: [2] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Kakemono List, L. 493, pg. 137, 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: [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

content: The Historical Buddha and Friends (November 3, 2018 to May 5, 2019)

content: Religious Art of Japan (December 18, 2002 to January 4, 2015)

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Mr. Kawahara

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Buddhism

content: lion

content: Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)

content: Manjushri

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 58.2 x 32.8 cm (22 15/16 x 12 15/16 in)

name:
Kawahara
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Cats
Art
Animals
Muromachi period (1333 - 1573)
Japanese Art
Manjushri

culture: Buddhists Japanese

content: Japan

content: Manjushri riding a lion

title_sort: MANJUSHRI RIDING A LION

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Manjushri riding a lion


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Description

content: On the recto: Seated figure of a woman reading under a tree; two tables near her; unsigned. On the verso: Two Sketches for Furniture. 1870s.

label: Signatures

content: Unsigned.

label: Paper/Support

content: On hot-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to a 4-ply board.

label: Provenance

content: To 1905

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1827-1915), London, or Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913), London, to 1905 [1]

content: From 1905 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way in 1905 [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, Paintings, pg. 20C, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Thomas Way Sr. and his son, Thomas Robert Way, were lithographers who worked closely with Whistler on several of his projects. They helped with the printing of his etchings, as well as the printing of Whistler’s promotional materials. Both Thomas Way Sr. and Thomas Robert Way owned many Whistler works. Thomas Way Sr. acquired several of these works at the time of Whistler’s bankruptcy, and he passed some of them on to his son (see The Correspondence of James McNeill Whistler, 1855-1903, ed. Margaret F. MacDonald, Patricia de Montfort and Nigel Thorp, On-line Edition, People, biographies of Thomas Way and Thomas Robert Way; http://www.whistler.arts.gla.ac.uk/correspondence).

content: Charles Lang Freer acquired many Whistler pieces from the Ways. However, museum records do not always specify whether it was the younger or elder Way who was the source of a particular object. Further, archival sources indicate that the junior Way sometimes acted on behalf of his father: whilst negotiating the sale of his own Whistler works to C.L. Freer, he would concurrently negotiate the sale of some of his father’s Whistler works to Freer. In cases where it is unclear whether it was the junior or senior Way who actually owned a piece acquired by C.L. Freer, the provenance record will simply state that the object was purchased from “Thomas Way Sr. or Thomas Robert Way.”

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

content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art: Whistler as Decorator (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)

content: American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)

content: Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)

content: Thomas Way Sr. (1837-1915)

content: Thomas Robert Way (1861-1913) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: mounting

content: bone black

content: Prussian blue

content: burnt sienna

content: raw sienna

content: raw umber

content: iron oxide red

content: zinc white

content: chrome yellow

content: Mars pigment

content: yellow ocher

content: cadmium sulfide

content: tree

content: woman

content: reading

content: garden

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Whistler in Watercolor

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Painting

content: Watercolor on paper

content: H x W: 12.7 x 21.9 cm (5 x 8 5/8 in)

name:
Way, Thomas
Freer, Charles Lang
Way, Thomas Robert

topic:
Trees
Art
Iron oxide red
Bone black
Zinc white
Gardens
Cadmium sulfide
Mounting
Yellow ocher
Charles Lang Freer collection
Mars pigment
Reading
American Art
Raw sienna
Chrome yellow
Prussian blue
Woman
Raw umber
Burnt sienna

content: United States

content: Breakfast in the Garden

title_sort: BREAKFAST IN THE GARDEN

title: Breakfast in the Garden


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 5, 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 G46 state 2 of 5.

content: To 1908

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York, NY, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Purchases Since Making Up the Smithsonian Inventory, pg. 10, Voucher No. 33, December 1908, 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: river

content: boat

content: United States

content: American 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: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Etching; ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 7.6 x 20.4 cm (3 x 8 1/16 in)

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

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: Thames Warehouses

title_sort: THAMES WAREHOUSES

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Thames Warehouses


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "K" numbers as assigned in Edward Kennedy's catalogue, The Etched Work of Whistler, (New York: Grolier Club, 1910; and subsequent editions). This print is K51, second state of two.

content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonné," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G33 state 2 of 2.

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

content: To 1890

content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1890 [2]

content: From 1890 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1890 [3]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Curatorial Remark 2, Freer Folder Sheet note 1, 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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Francis Seymour Haden (1818-1910)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: United States

label: Topic

content: etching (printing process)

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W (image): 22.8 x 15.3 cm (9 x 6 in)

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

content: United States

content: Bibi Lalouette

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Bibi Lalouette


label: Date

content: 1550-1196 BCE

label: Period

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: 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

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

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

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

content: Jewelry and Ornament

content: Glass

content: Diam: 0.3 cm (1/8 in)

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

content: Africa

content: Egypt

content: Bead

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Bead


content: Edo period

content: To 1916

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1916 [1]

content: From 1916 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, 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] Undated folder sheet note. See Reserved Textile List, R. 243, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

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: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: dragon

content: phoenix

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: Type

content: Costume and Textile

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Silk

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 151 x 32 cm (59 7/16 x 12 5/8 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Phoenix
Dragon
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: Japan

object_type: Costume Textiles

label: Title

content: Brocade, silk

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK

label: High-resolution JPEG

title: Brocade, silk


content: Ming dynasty

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: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Album List, pg. 30, S.I. 8, 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: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Previous custodian or owner

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: China

label: Topic

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 25.3 x 25.4 cm (9 15/16 x 10 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Sai, Loon Gu

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

content: China

content: Pavilions and people

title_sort: PAVILIONS AND PEOPLE

label: Screen Image

title: Pavilions and people


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Description

content: Tea-bowl, deep compressed ovoidal; high basal ring with four arch-notches. Gold lacquer repairs.

content: Clay: resonant, grayish.

content: Glaze: glassy iridescent cream, crackled; overflow of pale green and fawn-color. Five spur marks in glaze on inside bottom; five spur marks on footrim.

label: Provenance

content: To 1898

content: Rufus E. Moore, New York to 1898 [1]

content: From 1898 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Rufus E. Moore in 1898 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Pottery List, L. 939, 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: Cornucopia: Ceramics of Southern Japan (December 19, 2009 to January 9, 2011)

content: Golden Seams: The Japanese Art of Mending Ceramics (November 8, 2008 to May 10, 2009)

content: Rufus E. Moore (1840-1918) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Hiyamizu kiln, Kagoshima, Kagoshima prefecture, Japan

content: iridescence

content: lacquer

content: ceramic

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: tea

content: Japan

content: stoneware

content: Japanese Art

content: lacquer repair

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Vessel

content: Stoneware with clear, colorless glaze; gold lacquer repairs

content: H x Diam: 9.8 × 11.8 cm (3 7/8 × 4 5/8 in)

label: Style

content: Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Moore, Rufus E.

place:
Kagoshima
Hiyamizu kiln
Japan
Kagoshima prefecture

topic:
Tea
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Lacquer repair
Stoneware
Satsuma ware, White Satsuma type
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Lacquer
Iridescence
Ceramics

content: Japan

content: Satsuma ware tea bowl

title_sort: SATSUMA WARE TEA BOWL

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Satsuma ware tea bowl


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 3, 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 G95 state 2 of 2.

content: To 1894

content: Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1894 [1]

content: From 1894 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1894 [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, Etchings, 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

content: An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: river

content: boat

content: morning

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 11.3 x 15.2 cm (4 7/16 x 6 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Frederick Keppel and Co.

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Boats and boating
Art
American Art
Morning
Drypoint
Rivers

content: United States

content: Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)

title_sort: BATTERSEA DAWN (CADOGAN PIER)

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Battersea Dawn (Cadogan Pier)


label: Date

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: School/Tradition

content: Kano

content: To 1903

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1903 [1]

content: From 1903 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1903 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] Undated folder sheet note. See Original Screen List, pg. 22, 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.

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: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: courtesan

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: attendant

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: Drawing

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 54.7 x 41.7 cm (21 9/16 x 16 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

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

content: Japan

label: Title

content: Courtesan and attendant

title_sort: COURTESAN AND ATTENDANT

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Courtesan and attendant


content: Edo period

label: Provenance

content: To 1915

content: Yamanaka & Company, New York to 1915 [1]

content: From 1915 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company, New York in 1915 [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 Reserved Textile List, R. 131, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: floral patterns

content: repairing

content: brocading

content: weft patterning

content: silk (fiber)

content: Buddhism

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: monk

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: Costume and Textile

content: Silk

content: H x W: 210 x 110 cm (82 11/16 x 43 5/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Silk (fiber)
Edo period, Japan, (1600 - 1868)
Japanese Art
Repairing
Monk
Floral patterns
Brocading
Weft patterning

content: Japan

content: Brocade, silk. A Buddhist monk's robe. Patched: Kesa

title_sort: BROCADE, SILK. A BUDDHIST MONK'S ROBE. PATCHED: KESA

label: Thumbnail Image


label: Date

content: 16th century

content: Qing dynasty

content: To 1911

content: Loon Gu Sai, China, to 1911 [1]

content: From 1911 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Loon Gu Sai in 1911 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Kakemono and Makimono List, L. 842, 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: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

label: Exhibition History

content: Seasons: Chinese Flowers (July 2, 2011 to January 8, 2012)

content: Chinese Flower Paintings (March 18 to September 22, 1983)

content: Centennial Exhibition, Gallery 18 (February 25, 1956 to February 4, 1957)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting, Gallery 2, 1955 (April 11, 1955 to November 10, 1955)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Scrolls (July 19, 1943 to April 30, 1946)

content: Untitled Exhibition, Chinese Painting and Calligraphy, 1943 (October 4, 1943 to August 7, 1946)

content: Chinese Panels and Han Pottery (February 25, 1925 to July 19, 1943)

content: Stone Sculpture, Buddhist Bronze, and Chinese Painting (May 2, 1923 to February 25, 1956)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: duck

content: hollyhock

content: bamboo

content: Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)

content: China

content: Chinese Art

content: daylily

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 189.6 x 90.7 cm (74 5/8 x 35 11/16 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Chinese Art
Qing dynasty (1644 - 1911)
Hollyhock
Bamboo
Ducks
Daylily

content: China

content: Hollyhocks and ducks

title_sort: HOLLYHOCKS AND DUCKS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Hollyhocks and ducks


content: 12th-13th century

label: Period

content: Il-Khanid dynasty

label: Description

content: Tile: eight-pointed star form.

content: Clay: soft, dense, buff.

content: Glaze: rich turquoise blue; crackled.

content: Decoration: modeled in paste under glaze.

content: To 1909

content: Vitali Madjar, Cairo, to 1909 [1]

content: From 1909 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Vitali Madjar 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 Pottery List, L. 1961, 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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Vitali Madjar (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Iran

label: Topic

content: ceramic

content: Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

content: Iran

content: Arts of the Islamic World

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: stone-paste

content: Google Arts & Culture

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

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Architectural Element

content: Stone-paste; painted under glaze

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 20.6 x 2 cm (8 1/8 x 13/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Vitali Madjar

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Arts of the Islamic World
Stone-paste
Ceramics
Il-Khanid dynasty (1256 - 1353)

culture: Muslims Iranians

content: Tile

title_sort: TILE

title: Tile


content: ca. 1615-1625

label: School/Tradition

content: possibly Amber school

label: Label

content: This small but richly colored painting is from the dispersed Boston Rasikpriya.

content: Court paintings from North India reveal a range of personal, poetic and religious attitudes towards love. The paintings provided their courtly viewers - who were both men and women -- with models for thinking about and acting on feelings of affection and passion. Indian poets explored and classified every stage of romantic relationships, from passionate desire to remorse after quarrels.

content: The enormously influential Rasikapriya (1591) transformed the Sanskrit poetic tradition of categorizing romantic types. Keshav Das' text was not only written in the vernacular of literary Hindi (or Braj) it also personalized the classical tradition by identifying the lovers as the Hindu deity Krishna and Radha, a girl from a cow-herder village. In this painting, Radha is depicted as an abhisarika, a woman who fearlessly braves the dangers of the night to meet her lover (Rasikpriya ch. 7, v. 31):

content: Serpents were coiling round her legs and their heads were being crushed beneath her feet; and evil spirits ranging abroad could be seen in all directions She didn't notice the torriential rain, nor the terrifying thunder of dark clouds, nor the screaming of cicadas amidst the roaring of the story. She didn't know when her ornaments fell off one by one. Defying the ditches and brambles that tried to stand in her way, she went on. The goblin-wives themselves wondered and are asking her, 'Wherefor have you learnt this yoga-like behavior? O abhisarika, how marvelous this trysting!" [translation M.S. Randhawa, 1962].

content: The poet of the Rasikpriya, Keshavdas, transformed the Sanskritic tradition not only by identifying the lovers as Radha and Krishna, but also by writing in the vernacular (Hindi) instead of Sanskrit. Keshavdas was he most eminent of the poets whose vernacular works in the Riti style transformed literary culture. The Rasikpriya, which he wrote for the ruler of the small court of Orchha, seems to have been immedialtely popular, a shift that be tracked because of the swiftness with which it was copied and illustrated across north India.

label: Provenance

content: To 1947

content: Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947) [1]

content: From 1947 to 1972

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006), Greenwich, Connecticut, by gift or inheritance after his father, Ananda K. Coomaraswamy’s death in 1947 [2]

content: From 1972 to 2001

content: Ralph Benkaim (1914-2001), Beverly Hills, California, purchased from Rama Coomaraswamy, Greenwich, Connecticut in May 1972

content: From 2001 to 2018

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim, Beverly Hills, California, by inheritance from Ralph Benkaim in 2001

content: From 2018

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] Rama Coomaraswamy was the son of Ananda Kentish Coomaraswamy, an important figure in the field of Indian and Sri Lankan art history. Coomaraswamy was largely responsible for providing the conceptual structures through which South Asian art became studied and valued in India and in the west. Because A.K. Coomaraswamy spent the second half of his life in the U.S., it is highly unlikely that any art from his personal collection would have a contested provenance.

content: [2] According to information from Catherine Glynn Benkaim.

content: National Museum of Asian Art Collection

content: Dr. Ananda K. Coomaraswamy (1877-1947)

content: Rama Coomaraswamy (1929-2006)

content: Ralph and Catherine Benkaim

content: Catherine Glynn Benkaim (born 1946)

content: possibly Amber, Rajasthan state, India

content: Rasikapriya

content: India

content: South Asian and Himalayan Art

content: Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection

label: See more items in

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

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

content: Painting

content: Opaque watercolor and gold on paper

content: H x W (overall): 11.7 × 12.7 cm (4 5/8 × 5 in)

name:
Coomaraswamy, Ananda K.
Benkaim, Ralph and Catherine
Benkaim, Catherine Glynn
Coomaraswamy, Rama

place:
Amber
Rajasthan state
India

topic:
South Asian and Himalayan Art
Art
Catherine and Ralph Benkaim Collection
Rasikapriya

content: India

label: Title

content: Abhisarika Nayika, folio from a Rasikpriya

title_sort: ABHISARIKA NAYIKA, FOLIO FROM A RASIKPRIYA

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image


label: Date

content: Sui dynasty

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 Bronze List, S.I. 407, 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: Chinese Art (January 1, 1963 to March 6, 1981)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: casting

content: gilding

content: metal

content: bronze

content: Buddhism

content: bodhisattva

content: lion

content: Sui dynasty (581 - 618)

content: incense

content: China

content: Ananda

content: Kasyapa

content: mandorla

content: abhaya mudra

content: varada mudra

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Sculpture

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Bronze with gilding

content: H x W: 23 x 12.3 cm (9 1/16 x 4 13/16 in)

name:
Ananda
Freer, Charles Lang
Yamanaka and Co.

topic:
Gilding
Bronze
Sui dynasty (581 - 618)
Cats
Art
Mandorla
Chinese Art
Incense
Abhaya mudra
Bodhisattva
Metal-work
Kasyapa
Charles Lang Freer collection
Animals
Sculpture
Varada mudra

content: China

content: Standing Bodhisattva with attendants

title_sort: STANDING BODHISATTVA WITH ATTENDANTS

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Standing Bodhisattva with attendants


content: ca. 1798-1801

label: Period

content: Edo period

label: Artist

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

content: This painting portrays a man and a boy strolling with a small dog near an arrangement of pine and bamboo, decorations set up for the New Year. The unsigned painting was attributed to Hokusai when Charles Lang Freer purchased it in 1902 from the English collector Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921). Research of Hokusai's paintings has focused on signed works, but similarities between this unsigned one and other early works have again raised the possibility that this painting is by Hokusai. However, some scholars maintain that one of Hokusai's many pupils painted this work.

content: To 1902

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921), Kidderminster, England, to 1902 [1]

content: From 1902 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Michael Tomkinson in 1902 [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. 462, pg. 126, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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

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

label: Previous custodian or owner

content: Michael Tomkinson (1841-1921) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

label: Origin

content: Japan

label: Topic

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: new year

content: Japan

content: ukiyo-e

content: kakemono

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

content: Painting

content: Ink and color on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W (image): 114.9 × 51.9 cm (45 1/4 × 20 7/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Tomkinson, Michael

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

content: Japan

content: Two Entertainers Strolling on the New Year

title_sort: TWO ENTERTAINERS STROLLING ON THE NEW YEAR

label: High-resolution TIFF


label: Date

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

label: Edition/State

content: 2, 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 G197 state 1 of 1.

label: Provenance

content: To 1904

content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909), to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Otto H. Bacher in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, pg. 106, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: drypoint

content: water

content: woman

content: work

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

label: See more items in

label: Credit Line

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Print

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 20 x 12.6 cm (7 7/8 x 4 15/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bacher, Otto H.

topic:
Water
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Drypoint
Woman

content: United States

label: Title

content: Venetian Water Carrier

title_sort: VENETIAN WATER CARRIER

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Venetian Water Carrier


label: Period

content: Possibly Ming dynasty

content: Formerly attributed to Emperor Huizong (1082-1135 (reigned 1101-1125))

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 Original Panel List, L. 74, 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.

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: A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

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

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: China

content: insect

content: beetle

content: plant

content: Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)

content: monkey

content: cabbage

content: China

content: rock

content: Chinese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Painting

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Ink and color on silk

content: H x W (image): 33.7 x 28.1 cm (13 1/4 x 11 1/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Li, Wenqing

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Beetles
Art
Animals
Insects
Chinese Art
Rocks
Monkeys
Plants
Ming dynasty (1368 - 1644)
Cabbage

content: China

content: Monkeys, insects, and cabbage

title_sort: MONKEYS, INSECTS, AND CABBAGE

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Monkeys, insects, and cabbage


label: Date

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]1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

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

content: From 1920

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

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.

label: Collection

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

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: bird

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Ink on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 73.2 x 49.8 cm (28 13/16 x 19 5/8 in)

name:
Kobayashi, Bunshichi
Freer, Charles Lang

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

content: Japan

content: Birds

title_sort: BIRDS

label: High-resolution TIFF

title: Birds


content: ca. 1600-1050 BCE

label: Period

content: Shang 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. 580, 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: metal

content: bronze

content: Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)

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

content: Weapon and Armament

content: Bronze

content: H x W: 7.7 x 31.5 cm (3 1/16 x 12 3/8 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Bahr, Abel William

topic:
Bronze
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Sculpture
Chinese Art
Shang dynasty (ca. 1600 - ca. 1050 BCE)
Metal-work

content: China

object_type:
Weapons
Armor (protective wear)

label: Title

content: Bow hold (fu)

title_sort: BOW HOLD (FU)

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: Bow hold (fu)


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 G68 state 3 of 6.

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: drypoint

content: portrait

content: United States

content: American Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: cancelled plate

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Print

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Drypoint; ink on paper

content: H x W: 22.5 x 15.2 cm (8 7/8 x 6 in)

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

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
American Art
Portraits
Drypoint
Cancelled plate

content: United States

content: Axenfeld

title_sort: AXENFELD

title: Axenfeld


label: Date

content: late 16th century

content: Momoyama period

content: Formal competitions in composing poetry and painting, as illustrated in this scene from the eleventh-century narrative The Tale of Genji, provided amusement and allowed audiences to admire and critique the creations of fellow aristocrats. Contests had established rules, thematic restrictions, and judges. In the left panel of this folding screen, teams of the Left and Right, representing the court ladies Akikonomu and Kokiden, sit on opposite sides of the room and present the boxes of scrolls they have selected for the contest. The room is shown from above, as if the roof has been removed, a common artistic device in Japanese painting. After debates lasting well into the night, Prince Genji's own painting, based on his long exile at Suma and accompanied by poems that convey his troubled emotions, won decisively over a presentation of older paintings of classical subjects. The moonlit evening ends with courtiers performing a concert.

content: To 1908

content: Yamanaka & Company, to 1908 [1]

content: From 1908 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Yamanaka & Company in 1908 [2]

content: From 1920

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

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Screen List, pg. 38, 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

label: Exhibition History

content: Painting the Classics: Japanese Screens (November 10, 2018 to October 14, 2019)

content: Games, Contests and Artful Play in Japan (March 19 to October 23, 2005)

content: Japanese Screens (February 11, 1983 to July 19, 1988)

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

label: Topic

content: Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)

content: The Tale of Genji

content: poetry

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

content: Painting

content: Color and silver on paper

label: Dimensions

content: H x W: 98.4 x 190.5 cm (38 3/4 x 75 in)

topic:
Charles Lang Freer collection
Art
Momoyama period (1573 - 1615)
Japanese Art
The Tale of Genji
Poetry

content: Japan

content: Scenes from The Tale of Genji

title_sort: SCENES FROM THE TALE OF GENJI

label: Thumbnail Image

title: Scenes from The Tale of Genji


label: Artist

content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

content: 6, 1

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 G238 state not provided.

label: Provenance

content: From circa 1894 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from an unidentified source circa 1894 [1]

content: From 1920

content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]

content: Notes:

content: [1] See List of Whistler Objects Transferred to the Smithsonian Institution, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. According to Curatorial Remarks 1 and 2 in the object record, this object was added to the Reserve Section on October 10, 1908, but was then transferred to the main collection in January 1921 and given a registration number for that year. Later, the Registration number was changed to correspond with the year of purchase. According to the Accession File, Collections Management Office, there is no purchase information for this object.

content: [2] The original deed of Charles Lang Freer's gift was signed in 1906. The collection was received in 1920 upon the completion of the Freer Gallery.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: United States

content: etching (printing process)

content: United States

content: American Art

content: city

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

content: Print

content: Etching; ink on paper

content: H x W: 18.5 x 26.4 cm (7 5/16 x 10 3/8 in)

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

content: United States

label: Title

content: The Little Venice

title_sort: THE LITTLE VENICE

label: High-resolution TIFF

label: High-resolution JPEG

label: Screen Image

title: The Little Venice


content: ca. 1840-1842

label: Period

content: Edo period

content: Utagawa Hiroshige 歌川広重 (1797-1858)

content: To 1904

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936), Woodstock, NY, and New York to 1904 [1]

content: From 1904 to 1919

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Bolton Coit Brown in 1904 [2]

content: From 1920

content: Notes:

content: [1] See Original Miscellaneous List, S.I. 1217, pg. 21-A, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

content: [2] See note 1.

content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection

content: Bountiful Waters: Aquatic Life in Japanese Art (March 8 to September 14, 2014)

content: Bolton Coit Brown (1864-1936) (C.L. Freer source)

content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

content: Japan

content: wood

content: fish

content: flower

content: Edo period (1615 - 1868)

content: Japan

content: Japanese Art

content: Charles Lang Freer collection

label: Related Online Resources

content: Google Arts & Culture

content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer

label: Data Source

label: Accession Number

label: Type

content: Tool and Equipment

label: Restrictions & Rights

label: Medium

content: Wood

content: H x W x D: 26.8 x 39.3 x 1.5 cm (10 9/16 x 15 1/2 x 9/16 in)

name:
Freer, Charles Lang
Brown, Bolton Coit

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

content: Japan

content: Woodblock for the design of Olive Halibut (hirame), Black Rockfish (mebaru), and sprig of cherry blossom, from an untitled series known as the "Large Fish" series

title_sort: WOODBLOCK FOR THE DESIGN OF OLIVE HALIBUT (HIRAME), BLACK ROCKFISH (MEBARU), AND SPRIG OF CHERRY BLOSSOM, FROM AN UNTITLED SERIES KNOWN AS THE "LARGE FISH" SERIES