Sisters, c. 1840

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 46 x 60.8 cm (18 1/8 x 23 15/16 in.)

framed: 60 x 74.6 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.37

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (David Hollander, New York City), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hollander, David
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 85.

1958: American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 86, 47, as Twin Sisters by Unknown.

Bibliography

1958: American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions. Exh. cat. Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958: no. 86, 47, as Twin Sisters.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 426, 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: 590-592, repro. 591.