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# Variations in Flesh Colour and Green - The Balcony

National Museum of Asian Art

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                      -     DetailsRelatedObject Details- Artist
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
- Description
- Four women on a balcony overlooking the river.
- Signature at lower left.
- Signatures
- Signature - the Butterfly, at lower left.
- Provenance
- G.G. Cavafy, purchased from the artist, James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) [1]
- To 1892
- H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1892 [2]
- From 1892 to 1919
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1892 [3]
- From 1920
- Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
- Notes:
- [1] See Curatorial Remarks 3 and 4, S. Hobbs, 1977, in the object record.
- [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
- [3] See note 2.
- [4] 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: Streetscapes, Urban Change (November 18, 2023 to May 4, 2024)
- An American in London: Whistler and the Thames (May 3 to August 17, 2014)
- Freer & Whistler: Points of Contact (February 23, 2008 to January 3, 2016)
- Pretty Women: Freer and the Ideal of Feminine Beauty (August 13, 2005 to September 17, 2006)
- James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903) (April 3, 2001 to January 24, 2008)
- Whistler & Japan (May 14, 1995 to January 1, 1996)
- American Art - James McNeill Whistler (May 9, 1993 to April 30, 1994)
- Arrangement in Yellow and Gold: Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (March 14, 1986 to April 1, 1987)
- American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (January 17, 1985 to (end date unknown))
- James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and Modern Life (May 11, 1984 to December 16, 1984)
- American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler 1834-1903 (September 16, 1981 to March 26, 1984)
- American Paintings: James McNeill Whistler (November 11, 1976 to March 18, 1981)
- Paintings by James McNeill Whistler (August 1, 1974 to December 5, 1975)
- Portraits and Figure Painting by James McNeill Whistler (October 2, 1972 to May 2, 1973)
- Whistler Paintings (October 15, 1969 to September 25, 1971)
- Whistler Paintings (September 8, 1961 to October 15, 1969)
- American Paintings (September 8, 1961 to May 2, 1973)
- Centennial Exhibition, Galleries 10 and 11 (February 25, 1956 to November 3, 1959)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1955 (December 16, 1955 to February 25, 1956)
- Untitled Exhibition, American Oil Paintings, Gallery 3, 1947 (September 25, 1947 to April 12, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Works of Whistler (September 22, 1947 to April 11, 1955)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Oil Paintings (February 12, 1944 to May 10, 1945)
- Untitled Exhibition, Whistler Watercolors, Oil Paintings, and Pastels (January 20, 1944 to October 13, 1947)
- American Paintings, J.A.McN. Whistler (May 2, 1923 to February 12, 1944)
- Untitled Exhibition, University of Michigan Club, Detroit, 1914 (1914)
- A Selection of Art Objects from the Freer Collection Exhibited in the New Building of the National Museum (April 15 to June 15, 1912)
- Ausstellung Amerikanischer Kunst (March 17 to April 17, 1910)
- Exposition des Oeuvres de James McNeill Whistler (May 1905)
- Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Pastels and Drawings: Memorial Exhibition of the Works of Mr. J. McNeill Whistler (February 23 to March 22, 1904)
- Untitled Exhibition, Society of American Artists, 1903 (1903)
- Autumn Exhibition (October 28 to November 18, 1902)
- Pan-American Exposition, Exhibition of Fine Arts (May 1 to November 2, 1901)
- Second Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute (November 4, 1897 to January 1, 1898)
- Nocturnes, Marines and Chevalet Pieces (March through April, 1892)
- Retrospective Exhibition (December 5 to 25, 1892)
- Exposition Universelle (May 6 to October 31, 1889)
- Grosvenor Gallery Summer Exhibition (Summer 1878)
- The Exhibition of the Royal Academy of Arts: The One Hundred and Second (1870)
- Previous custodian or owner
- G. G. Cavafy
- H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (C.L. Freer source)
- Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
- Credit Line
- Gift of Charles Lang Freer
- 1864-1870; additions 1870-1879
- Accession Number
- F1892.23a-b
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- Painting
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Dimensions
- H x W (painting): 61.4 × 48.5 cm (24 3/16 × 19 1/8 in)
- Origin
- United States
- On View
- Freer South Corridor
- Related Online Resources
- Google Cultural Institute
- See more items in
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
- Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
- Topic
- shamisen
- United States
- ukiyo-e
- American Art
- model
- balcony
- kimono
- Charles Lang Freer collection
- Record ID
- fsg_F1892.23a-b
- Metadata Usage (text)
- CC0
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ye3be3da40c-a3fe-4e46-a1dd-92be599b43a1
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