Catherine A. May, c. 1830

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 79 x 63.4 cm (31 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.)

framed: 94.5 x 79.1 x 4.3 cm (37 3/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1978.80.16

Artists / Makers

Ammi Phillips (painter) American, 1788 - 1865

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from upper New York State. (Albert W. Force, city unknown), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Force, Albert W.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 43. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 283, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 260, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 277-279. repro. 278.