Venice
date: label: Date
content: 1880
name: label: Artist
content: James McNeill Whistler (1834-1903)
notes: label: Description
content: Gondolas and a sailboat in foreground; across the water, San Giorgio and other buildings.
label: Label
content: One of the sparest of Whistler's Venice pastels, this drawing was not included in the 1881 exhibition at the Fine Art Society in London. An evening view from the Riva degli Schiavoni looking south to the church of San Giorgio Maggiore, it was probably completed late in Whistler's stay in Venice, since the sky is touched with a wide range of colors, including greenish blue, lilac, blue, lemon, and orange. Unlike many pioneering Whistler collectors, Freer appreciated the abstractness of works like this one, which was the first Venice pastel he acquired.
label: Provenance
content: To 1893
label: Provenance
content: H. Wunderlich & Co., New York to 1893 [1]
label: Provenance
content: From 1893 to 1919
label: Provenance
content: Charles Lang Freer (1854-1919), purchased from H. Wunderlich & Co. in 1893 [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, Paintings, pg. 21, Freer Gallery of Art and Arthur M. Sackler Gallery Archives.
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 Pastels (January 19 to June 15, 2003)
label: Exhibition History
content: James McNeill Whistler at the Freer Gallery of Art—Whistler and the Landscape (May 11, 1984 to February 5, 1985)
label: Exhibition History
content: Whistler Pastels and Drawings, Re-arranged and some additions (January 7, 1924 to January 20, 1944)
label: Previous custodian or owner
content: H. Wunderlich & Co. (1874-1912) (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: 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: F1893.26a-b
objectType: label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Fabricated chalks on brown paper
label: Dimensions
content: H x W (overall): 20.2 x 30.1 cm (7 15/16 x 11 7/8 in)