The Congdon Brothers, c. 1830

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 38.3 x 64 cm (15 1/16 x 25 3/16 in.)

framed: 48.7 x 74.3 x 5.4 cm (19 3/16 x 29 1/4 x 2 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1978.80.13

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from East Greenwich, Rhode Island. (Florene Maine, Ridgefield, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Maine, Florene
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. 37. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 271, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 397, 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: 460-461, color repro. 461.