Charles L. Freer (?)

late 19th century

Follower of James McNeill Whistler

Associated Names
James McNeill Whistler

Artist, American, 1834 - 1903

The sketch features a man shown from the chest up, facing forward with a slightly tilted head. Softly-rendered facial features hint at a moustache and a calm expression. His short hair is subtly outlined. He appears to be wearing a collared shirt or coat with indistinct details. The background is textured with crosshatched shading, creating a focus on the face while the rest of the paper is bare, emphasizing the central figure.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    charcoal touched with gray-green chalk on green laid paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 18.3 × 15 cm (7 3/16 × 5 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1979.20.129

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

John Davis Hatch [1907-1996], by 1976; gift 1979 to the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 80.

Inscriptions

center right in charcoal by unknown hand: butterfly signature; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: 69; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 2 1/2 x 3 1/2 cm / [...]/ #333/ [...]

Wikidata ID

Q64562097

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