Frame for Dewing’s The Lute

Maker(s)
Designer: Stanford White (1853-1906)
Frame maker: W. C. LeBrocq
Historical period(s)
ca. 1904-05
Medium
Gilded wood
Dimensions
H x W x D (outside): 136.5 x 167 x 7.6 cm (53 3/4 x 65 3/4 x 3 in)
Geography
United States, New York, New York
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Accession Number
F1913.34b
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Frame
Type

Frame

Keywords
United States
Provenance

N. E. Montross, 1849-1932), New York, purchased from the artist [1]

From at least 1905 to 1913
William T. Evans (1843-1918), New York and New Jersey, purchased from Montross Galleries, from at least 1905 [2]

From 1913 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased at the William T. Evans sale, American Art Association, March 31 and April 1-2, 1913, no. 141 [3]

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

Notes:

[1] See Curatorial Remark 2, Linda Merrill, March 29, 1993, in the object record. See also, Dana H. Carroll and William Thomas Evans, New York, Illustrated Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings Formed by the Widely Known Amateur William T. Evans, sale cat. (New York, NY: American Art Association, March 31-April 1 and 2, 1913), no. 141.

[2] See note 1.

[3] See note 1. See also, List of American Paintings Other than by Whistler, A, pg. 10, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[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)

William T. Evans American, born Ireland, 1843-1918
N.E. Montross 1849-1932
Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
American Art Association (C.L. Freer source) established 1883

Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
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