The Guitar Player (M.W. Ridley)

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Object Details

Artist

James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)

Edition/State

Third State

Label

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 G124 state 4 of 7.

Provenance

To 1889

Frederick Keppel and Co., London, England, and New York to 1889 [1]

From 1889 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Frederick Keppel and Co. in 1889 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, 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

Previous custodian or owner

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

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1875

Accession Number

F1889.26

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Medium

Drypoint; ink on paper

Dimensions

H x W (image): 27.6 x 17.5 cm (10 7/8 x 6 7/8 in)

Origin

United States

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

drypoint

music

guitar