Nocturne
date: label: Date
content: 1879-1880
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Edition/State
content: 4, 1
label: Label
content: Whistler etchings are identified by "G" numbers as assigned in "James McNeill Whistler: The Etchings, a catalogue raisonne," by Margaret F. McDonald, Grischka Petri, Meg Hausberg, and Joanna Meacock (University of Glasgow, 2012), http://etchings.arts.gla.ac.uk. This print is G222 state 1 of 9.
label: Provenance
content: To 1904
label: Provenance
content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909), Venice and New York, given by the artist, to 1904 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1904 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from Otto H. Bacher in 1904 [2]
label: Provenance
content: From 1920
label: Provenance
content: Freer Gallery of Art, gift of Charles Lang Freer in 1920 [3]
label: Provenance
content: Notes:
label: Provenance
content: [1] See Original Whistler List, Etchings, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
label: Provenance
content: Also, an undated folder sheet note states: "On the print: Stamp of Otto H. Bacher, in red. No. 5 in ink" (see Curatorial Remark 2 in the object record). See also, label
label: Provenance
content: text by Kenneth Myers, "Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings," July 1, 2001- January 13, 2002, which states: "This rare early impression was made in Venice, where Whistler gave it to one of the young artists living at the Casa Jankovitz, Otto Bacher, whose red stamp is at the lower right."
label: Provenance
content: [2] See note 1.
label: Provenance
content: [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.
label: Collection
content: Freer Gallery of Art Collection
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler in Venice: The First Set of Etchings (July 1, 2001 to January 13, 2002)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: Otto H. Bacher (1856-1909) (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: etching (printing process)
label: Topic
content: boat
label: Topic
content: United States
label: Topic
content: American Art
label: Topic
content: Charles Lang Freer collection
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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: F1904.17
objectType: label: Type
content: Print
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Etching; ink on paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W: 20.1 x 29.3 cm (7 15/16 x 11 9/16 in)