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Leila T. Bauman

U.S. Mail Boat, 1855 or later

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 51.4 x 67.3 cm (20 1/4 x 26 1/2 in.)

framed: 62.5 x 77.8 x 3.8 cm (24 5/8 x 30 5/8 x 1 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1958.9.2

Artists / Makers

Leila T. Bauman (artist) American, active 1850 or after

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Inscription

on boat: US / MAIL

Provenance

Recorded as from Union County, New Jersey. George Hasney, New Jersey;[1] sold in 1951 to (Mrs. Frank Bien, Morristown, New Jersey), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.

[1] Affidavit of ownership, signed by Hasney and dated 16 March 1951, in NGA curatorial file.

Associated Names

Bien, Frank, Mrs.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hasney, George
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 80. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 96.

1958: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1965: Trois millenaires d'art et de marine, Petit Palais, Paris, 1965, no. 280.

1972: American Primitive Painting, South Texas Artmobile, Corpus Christi, traveling exhibition circulated by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1972-1973, no. cat.

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.

1989: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Maynard Glitman, U.S. Embassy residence, Brussels, Belgium, 1989-1991.

1991: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Robert H. Pelletreau, U.S. Embassy residence, Cairo, Egypt, 1991-1994.

1994: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, 1994-1995.

1995: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Boise Art Museum, Idaho, 1995.

1995: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.

1995: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, 1995.

1995: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.

1996: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainseville, 1996-1997.

1996: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996.

1996: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1996.

1996: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.

1997: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1997.

1998: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1998.

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

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 14, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 24, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 25, 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: 10-13, repro. 12.