The Mounted Acrobats, 1825 or after

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 40.3 x 47.6 cm (15 7/8 x 18 3/4 in.)

framed: 54.1 x 62 x 6 cm (21 5/16 x 24 7/16 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.18

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Plymouth, Massachusetts. (Robert B. Campbell, city unknown), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Campbell, Robert B.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1988: A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 284, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 414, 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: 553-555, color repro. 553.