The Finish, c. 1860

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

painted surface: 58.7 x 95.3 cm (23 1/8 x 37 1/2 in.)
support: 65.8 x 95.8 cm (25 7/8 x 37 11/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.61.9

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Inscription

on judges stand: 2-6; on newspaper of fifth man at lower left:BOSTON HERALD

Provenance

Recorded as from Rhode Island. Mrs. Lunsford P. Yandell, Greenwich, Connecticut, who gave it in the late 1920s or early 1930s to her daughter, Mrs. John W. Hanes [Hope Yandell Hanes], New York. Sold by Mrs. Hanes in 1964 to (Wildenstein and Company, New York), by whom sold in 1964 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[1] by bequest to NGA, 1980.

[1] Hope Yandell Hanes, letter of 23 February 1987, in NGA curatorial files, details the Yandell family provenance in this way. She states that her mother found the painting in the Boston area, but Wildenstein recorded that it was found in Rhode Island. E.J. Rousuck, vice president, Wildenstein and Company, letter to the Garbisches of 15 February 1955, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hanes, Hope Yandell
Unknown Patron
Wildenstein & Co., Inc.
Yandell, Lundsford P., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1968: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 84. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 401, 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: 476-478, color repro. 477.