Object Details
- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- A nocturnal view of Amsterdam in winter with figures skating in the center and foreground, and a building and trees indicated in distance; signed with the butterfly at lower right.
- Signatures
- Black butterfly in lower right quadrant
- Paper/Support
- On cold-pressed, wove paper mounted overall to board. Two sets of graphite sight marks in the upper corners. Single sight mark in the lower left corner.
- Provenance
- To 1904
- John James Cowan (1846-1936), to 1904 [1]
- From 1904 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from John James Cowan in 1904 [2]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
- Notes:
- [1] See Original Whistler List, Paintings, pg. 19, 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)
- The Texture of Night: James McNeill Whistler (June 6, 2009 to July 25, 2010)
- Mr. Whistler's Galleries: Avant-garde in Victorian London, 1883 (November 20, 2003 to April 4, 2004)
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- Whistler—Landscapes and Seascapes (October 14, 1969 to September 25, 1971)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Paintings and Drawings (December 14, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
- Whistler Water Colors (January 7, 1924 to April 4, 1930)
- American Paintings, Pastels, and Water Colors, and Drawings. J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to January 7, 1924)
- Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
- 78th Exhibition of the Royal Scottish Academy of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture (Spring or Autumn of 1904)
- "Notes"—"Harmonies"—"Nocturnes" (May 1884)
- Previous custodian or owner
- John James Cowan (1846-1936) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1882
- Accession Number
- F1904.81a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- H x W: 20.3 x 27.3 cm (8 x 10 3/4 in)
- Origin
- United States
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- Whistler in Watercolor
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- crop marks
- mounting
- bone black
- cerulean blue
- Prussian blue
- burnt sienna
- raw sienna
- raw umber
- iron oxide red
- zinc white
- chrome yellow
- Mars pigment
- yellow ocher
- cadmium sulfide
- winter
- United States
- American Art
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1904.81a-b
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye37ec372f0-0cd7-45c8-8641-107dca03da12
