Study of a Horse

Maker(s)
Artist: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
Historical period(s)
1895
Medium
Ink on paper
Dimensions
H x W: 8.3 x 12.3 cm (3 1/4 x 4 13/16 in)
Geography
United States
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art
Accession Number
F1902.123
On View Location
Currently not on view
Classification(s)
Print
Type

Lithograph

Keywords
horse, United States
Provenance

From 1902 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Company of the Butterfly, London, in 1902 [1]

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Lithographs, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Society of the Butterfly [Company of the Butterfly] was James McNeill Whistler's London business through which he sold his works. Mr. Freer purchased this object from the Society of the Butterfly in March 1900, and paid Mr. Whistler on June 16, 1902 (see Curatorial Remarks in the object record).

[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.

Previous Owner(s) and Custodian(s)

Charles Lang Freer 1854-1919
Company of the Butterfly (C.L. Freer source) 1897-1903

Published References
  • The Lithographs of James McNeill Whistler. 2 vol., Chicago and New York, 1998. pp. 438-443.
Collection Area(s)
American Art
Web Resources
Google Cultural Institute
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