A Yellow Note

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Historical period(s)
ca. 1871/1874
Medium
Chalk and pastel on brown paper
Dimensions
H x W: 28 x 18.5 cm (11 x 7 5/16 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.276a-b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Drawing
Type

Drawing

Keywords
nude, United States, woman
Provenance

Constantine Ionides and Samura Collections [1]

To 1902
Obach & Co., London, to 1902 [2]

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1902 [3]

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

Notes:

[1] According to a note from Original Whistler List (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). Constantine Ionides was identifed as the source of the Ionides collection on August 18, 2016.

[2] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, Etc, Transferred to Smithsonian Institution, January 3, 1921, pg. 1, as well as Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 23, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[3] See note 2.

[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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Samura Collection
Constantine Alexander Ionides 1833-1900
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Obach & Co. (C.L. Freer source) 1884-1911

Published References
  • Margaret F. MacDonald. James McNeill Whistler: Drawings, Pastels, and Watercolours : A Catalogue Raisonné. New Haven, 1995. .
  • David Park Curry. James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art. Washington and New York, 1984. p. 268, pl. 264.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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