Object Details
Artist
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938)
Provenance
From 1891 to 1919
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Thomas Wilmer Dewing in 1891 [1]
From 1920
Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [2]
Notes:
[1] Object file.
[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.
Collection
Freer Gallery of Art Collection
Exhibition History
A Perfect Harmony (October 14, 2017 to October 8, 2023)
Surface Beauty: American Art and Freer's Aesthetic Vision (February 23, 2008 to August 1, 2010)
Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)
Art for Art's Sake (July 23, 1997 to January 24, 2008)
Choice Spirits: Works by Thomas Dewing and Dwight Tryon (March 9, 1996 to July 7, 1997)
American Art - Thomas Wilmer Dewing (May 9, 1993 to February 20, 1996)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (January 3, 1985 to May 7, 1985)
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (June 19, 1980 to March 18, 1981)
American Paintings: Thomas Wilmer Dewing (December 11, 1976 to April 16, 1977)
Special Dewing Centennial Exhibition (May 17, 1951 to July 1, 1951)
American Paintings, T.W. Dewing (May 2, 1923 to March 23, 1925)
A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)
Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)
Loan Collection of Paintings by Mr. T.W. Dewing (February 27 to March 20, 1900)
The Fourth Annual Exhibition held at the Carnegie Institute (November 02, 1899 to January 01, 1900)
An Exhibition of Paintings by T.W. Dewing (January 24, 1898 to February 10, 1898)
The Sixty-Third Annual Exhibition (December 18, 1893 to February 24, 1894)
World's Columbian Exposition (May 1 to October 30, 1893)
VI Internationale Kunst-Ausstellung (June 1 to October 31, 1892)
Previous custodian or owner
Thomas Wilmer Dewing (1851-1938) (C.L. Freer source)
Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
Credit Line
Gift of Charles Lang Freer
Date
1891
Accession Number
F1906.66a
Restrictions & Rights
Usage conditions apply
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil on wood panel
Dimensions
H x W: 50.8 × 67.5 cm (20 × 26 9/16 in)
H x W x D (frame): 91.4 × 106 × 7.6 cm (36 × 41 3/4 × 3 in)
Origin
United States
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Data Source
National Museum of Asian Art
Topic
woman
piano
United States
American Art
Charles Lang Freer collection
Link to Original Record
Record ID
fsg_F1906.66a