Self-Portrait
date: label: Date
content: 1870-1875
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Provenance
content: Mrs. Elson [1]
label: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Obach & Co., London, to 1904 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Obach & Co. in 1904 [3]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [4]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] According to Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record, a note by C.L. Freer states: "Formerly owned by Mrs. Elson."
label: Provenance
content: [2] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Voucher No. 12, May 1904, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: [3] See note 2.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Picturing Whistler: Portraits and Self-Portraits (May 21 to December 3, 2000)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art (May 11, 1984 to December 5, 1984)
label: Exhibition History
content: Portraits of Whistler and other Whistleriana (1918)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler (April 09, 1915 to April 27, 1915)
label: Exhibition History
content: Paintings in Oil and Pastel by James A. McNeill Whistler (March 15 to May 31, 1910)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Mrs. Elson
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Obach & Co. (1884-1911) (C.L. Freer source)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919)
place: label: Origin
content: United States
topic: label: Topic
content: self portrait
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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content: Google Arts & Culture
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content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Collection
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Charles Lang Freer
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: F1904.62a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Painting
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil on canvas
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 70 x 55.3 cm (27 9/16 x 21 3/4 in)