Boston and North Chungahochie Express
after 1916/1919
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil or tempera on composition board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 47.2 x 62.4 cm (18 9/16 x 24 9/16 in.)
framed: 59.7 x 74.9 x 8.8 cm (23 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.) -
Accession
1971.83.12
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Massachusetts. (John Bihler and Henry Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts), by whom sold in 1962 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1971.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.
1981
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Maxwell M. Rabb, U.S. Embassy residence, Rome, Italy, 1981-1988.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 266, 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: 426-428, repro. 427.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 390, repro.
Inscriptions
on coal car: Boston and North / Chungahochie / I[N] [G]OD WE TR[UST]
Wikidata ID
Q20191979