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American 19th Century

Memorial to Nicholas M. S. Catlin, c. 1852

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 98.4 x 73.2 cm (38 3/4 x 28 13/16 in.)

framed: 112.4 x 87.6 x 5 cm (44 1/4 x 34 1/2 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.7

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (painter)

Image Use

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Inscription

center right on memorial: In Memory of / Nicholas M. S. Catlin / Son of / Nathan S. and Phebe C. Catlin / Died / April 19th 1852 / Aged 1 yr. 1 mo 15 days

Provenance

Recorded as from upper New York State. (Thurston Thacher, Hyde Park, New York), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Thacher, Thurston
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 97, as Susane Walters, Memorial to Nicholas Catlin.

1955: American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Coll. of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1961-1964, no. 86, color repro., as by Susane Walters. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967: Fifty Masterpieces of American Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, no cat.

1968: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 86, repro., as by Susan Walters. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1971: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1971-1992.

1972: Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1986-1992.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Swanee Hunt, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1993-1997.

2016: Securing the Shadow: Posthumous Portraiture in America, American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2016-2017.

Bibliography

1963: Heydenryk, Henry. The Art and History of Frames. New York, 1963: fig. 92, as Susane Walters, Memorial to Nicholas Catlin.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 118, repro., as by Susane Walters.

1979: Heslip, Colleen Cowles. Mrs. Susan C. Waters, 19th-Century Itinerant Paitner. Exh. cat. Bedford Gallery, Longwood Fine Arts Center, Longwood College, Virginia, 1979: 8-9, no. 30, as by Susan C. Waters (not in exhibition).

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 253, repro.

1980: Pike, Martha V., and Janice Gray Armstrong. A Time to Mourn: Expressions of Grief in Nineteenth Century America. Exh. cat. The Museums at Stony Brook, New York, 1980: 75-76.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 413, 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: 547-550, repro. 549.