Green and Silver–Beaulieu, Touraine

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Object Details

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Description

A green meadow, with a house and trees in the distance; a child stands in the foreground, with another figure beyond. Signed with the butterfly at lower left.

Signatures

Red butterfly in lower left corner

Inscriptions

Verso: 'Green & Silver' / Beaulieu, Touraine

Paper/Support

On a manufactured, rough-weave, fabric support with a white lead ground layer mounted to board. There is a manufacturer's stamp in blue ink reading "E. Mary & Fils/26, Rue Chaptal, Paris" on the verso of the board.

Provenance

1899

Goupil et Cie, London 1899 [1]

From 1899 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Goupil et Cie, London in 1899 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] Undated folder sheet note, Object file. Also see Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 17, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.

[2] See note 1.

[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.

Collection

Freer Gallery of Art Collection

Exhibition History

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

James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)

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

Panama-Pacific International Exposition (February 20 to December 4, 1915)

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

Previous custodian or owner

Goupil et Cie (1829-1919) (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1888

Accession Number

F1899.25a-b

Restrictions & Rights

Usage conditions apply

Type

Painting

Medium

Watercolor on fabric mounted on board

Dimensions

H x W: 12.9 × 21.6 cm (5 1/16 × 8 1/2 in)

Origin

United States

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

mounting

bone black

cerulean blue

Prussian blue

burnt sienna

raw sienna

burnt umber

raw umber

viridian

iron oxide red

vermilion

lead white

chrome yellow

Mars pigment

yellow ocher

indigo

child