Coon Hunt, third quarter 19th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 75.6 x 100.7 cm (29 3/4 x 39 5/8 in.)

framed: 89.2 x 114.3 x 4.7 cm (35 1/8 x 45 x 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.97

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

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Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (The Primitives Gallery of Harry Stone, New York, by 1942).[1] Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[2] gift to NGA, 1953.

[1] In which year it was included in an "Exhibition of One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Primitives," at The Primitives Gallery, no. 36.

[2] The Garbisch records do not indicate whether it was Stone or another dealer who sold them the picture.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Stone Gallery, Harry
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1942: Exhibition of One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Primitives, The Primitives Gallery of Harry Stone, New York, 1942, no. 36.

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1971: Extended loan for use by Secretary Roger C. B. Morton, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1971-1975.

1975: American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no catalogue.

1988: A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1942: Drepperd, Carl W. American Pioneer Arts and Artists. Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942: 77.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 132, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 272, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 398, 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: 463-464, repro. 463.