Whistler in The Frick Collection

At a Glance

Exhibition
Whistler in The Frick Collection
Dates
November 27, 1984 to February 4, 1985
Museum
The Frick Collection

1 East 70th Street, New York, NY 10021

Listing type
Past Exhibitions
Description

In commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the birth of the American artist James Abbott McNeill Whistler (1834–1903), The Frick Collection exhibited all of its Whistler holdings. Whistler's The Ocean (left), three pastels of Venice, twelve etchings from his famous "Venice Set," a lithograph of Robert, Comte de Montesquiou-Fezensac , and two letters written to Montesquiou and R.A. Canfield were on view in the lower-level gallery. The four full-length portraits by Whistler of Miss Rosa Corder, Mrs. Frederick R.