Smithsonian's Freer Gallery of Art

Detail, Caprice in Purple and Gold: The Golden Screen. James McNeill Whistler (1834–1903). Oil on wood panel, 1864. Gift of Charles Lang Freer, F1904.75a.

Symposium Palaces of Art: Whistler and the Art Worlds of Aestheticism Thursday and Friday, October 27–28, 2011Free; register now.