Catherine Brower, 1791

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 115.6 x 70.2 cm (45 1/2 x 27 5/8 in.)

framed: 129.5 x 84.4 x 3.8 cm (51 x 33 1/4 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.5

Artists / Makers

MacKay (painter) American, active 1791

Image Use

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Inscription

on face of pedestal: Mackay Pinxt. [1]791

Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Harry Shaw Newman, Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
The Old Print Shop
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1948: Up from the Cradle, New-York Historical Society, New York, 1948-1949, no. 20, no cat.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 24.

1961: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1961-1962.

1967: National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 5.

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 6.

1972: The Beardsley Limner and Some Contemporaries, A. A. Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg; Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey; New Haven Colony Historical Society, Connecticut, 1972-1973, no. 23 (cat. by Christine S. Schloss).

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 80, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 196, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 230, 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: 247, repro. 248.