Possibly Harlan Page, 1815

Not on View

oil on wood

overall: 59.1 x 48.9 cm (23 1/4 x 19 1/4 in.)

framed: 72.7 x 63.5 x 6.9 cm (28 5/8 x 25 x 2 11/16 in.)

1953.5.48

upper left incised in the paint: Aug 4 1815; center reverse: Augu[st] 4th [ ] / [blurred inscription which could be interpreted as H. Page]

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Ginsburg and Levy, New York), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Ginsburg and Levy, Inc.
Unknown Patron

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 39.

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

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 13.

1835: Hallock, William A. Memoir of Harlan Page; or, The Power of Prayer and Personal Effort for the Souls of Individuals. New York, 1835: American Tract Society.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 142, repro., as Harlan Page.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 286, repro., as Harlan Page.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 416, 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: 562-564, color repro. 563.