Fruit and Flowers, mid 19th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 67 x 105 cm (26 3/8 x 41 5/16 in.)

framed: 81.3 x 118.7 x 4.1 cm (32 x 46 3/4 x 1 5/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1966.13.7

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Maryland. (American Primitive Paintings, New York), by whom sold in 1947 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1966.

Associated Names

American Primitive Paintings
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
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. 69.

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 56. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967: Fifty Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, no cat.

1974: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, East Berlin, East Germany, 1974-1977.

1977: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1977-1981.

1981: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Maxwell M. Rabb, U.S. Embassy residence, Rome, Italy, 1981-1988.

Bibliography

1954: Drepperd, Carl. "Still Life and Pretty Pieces." Art in America 42 (May 1954): 129.

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 134, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 276, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 402, 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: 483-485, color repro. 484.