Peacock

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Object Details

Artist

Mori Sosen (1747-1821)

Signatures

Contains signature.

Marks

Contains one seal.

Provenance

To 1898

Edward S. Hull Jr., New York, to 1898 [1]

From 1898 to 1919

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Edward S. Hull Jr. in 1898 [2]

From 1920

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

Notes:

[1] See Original Kakemono List, L. 124, pg. 26, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives. Edward S. Hull Jr. was Ernest Francisco Fenollosa’s (1853-1908) lawyer. Hull often acted as an agent, facilitating purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa, as well as purchases of objects consigned to him by Fenollosa's

well-known associate, Bunshichi Kobayashi (see correspondence, Hull to Freer, 1898-1900, as well as invoices from E.S. Hull Jr., 1898-1900, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives). See also, Ingrid Larsen, "'Don’t Send Ming or Later Pictures': Charles Lang Freer and the First Major Collection of Chinese Painting in an American Museum," Ars Orientalis vol. 40 (2011), pgs. 15 and 34. See further, Thomas Lawton and Linda Merrill, Freer: A Legacy of Art, (Washington, DC and New York: Freer Gallery of Art and H. N. Abrams, 1993), pgs. 133-134.

[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

Birds and Beasts in Japanese Art (January 31 to July 18, 2004)

Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)

Birds and Flowers of the Four Seasons in Japanese Art (September 14, 1977 to April 8, 1978)

Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 3 and 4 (February 25, 1956 to January 1, 1963)

A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)

Previous custodian or owner

Edward S. Hull Jr. (C.L. Freer source)

Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)

Credit Line

Gift of Charles Lang Freer

Date

1786

Period

Edo period

Accession Number

F1898.6

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

Painting

Medium

Color and ink on silk

Dimensions

H x W (image): 99.6 × 39.7 cm (39 3/16 × 15 5/8 in)

Origin

Japan

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Data Source

National Museum of Asian Art

Topic

peacock

Edo period (1615 - 1868)