Allegory of Freedom, 1863 or after

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 94.2 x 109.3 cm (37 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)

framed: 107.3 x 122.5 x 5.7 cm (42 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.4

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Piscataquis County, Maine. Acquired in the 1920s by (Robert Gerry Hall, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hall, Robert Gerry
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washingotn, 1954, no. 106.

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.

1976: The American Flag in the Art of Our Country, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1976, no. 25, color repro.

1981: Scenes of Folk Art, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1981, 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.

1999: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Gerald S. McGowan, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999-2001 (unnumbered brochure, repro.).

2010: American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 126, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 263, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 386, 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: 401-403, color repro. 402.