Freer Purchases Whistler's Peacock Room

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Summary

In 1902, while spending the summer in England building his Whistler collection, Charles Lang Freer viewed James Whistler's Harmony in Blue and Gold: The Peacock Room. In 1904 he purchases the room.

Subject

  • Freer, Charles Lang 1854-1919
  • Whistler, James McNeill 1834-1903
  • Freer Gallery of Art

Category

Chronology of Smithsonian History

Notes

Freer Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution. The Whistler Peacock Room. Washington, D.C., 1951, p. 11.

Contact information

Institutional History Division, Smithsonian Institution Archives, 600 Maryland Avenue, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20024-2520, SIHistory@si.edu

Date

May 16, 1904

Topic

  • Art
  • Freer Gallery of Art
  • History
  • Art--History

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