An Aztec Sculptor
1887
Painter, American, 1854 or 1855 - 1941

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on wood
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 31.8 x 58.9 cm (12 1/2 x 23 3/16 in.)
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Accession
2005.107.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Probably purchased 1887 from the artist by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; (his sale, Chickering Hall, New York, 14-18 February 1899, 4th day, no. 315); E.N. Lawrence.[1] Mrs. John Burling Lawrence, at least in 1933.[2] Ann and Thomas Barwick, Seattle; gift (partial and promised) 2005 to NGA; gift completed 2019.
[1] According to an annotated copy of the 1899 sale catalogue in the Knoedler Library Microfiche (American Sales, 0248).
[2] Mrs. Lawrence lent the painting to a 1933 Brush exhibition at the American Academy of Arts and Letters.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1887
9th Annual Exhibition, Society of American Artists, New York, 1887, no. 19.
1888
Annual Exhibition of American Paintings & Sculpture, Art Institute of Chicago, 1888, no. 132.
1908
Exhibition of Pictures by American Painters, Union League Club, New York, 1908, no. 2, as Aztec Sculptor.
1930
Thirty Paintings by Thirty Artists. Eighteenth Annual Exhibition, Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1930, no. 3.
1933
Exhibition of Paintings and Drawings by George de Forest Brush, American Academy of Arts and Letters, New York, 1933, no. 38.
2008
George de Forest Brush: The Indian Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Seattle Art Museum, 2008-2009, no. 11, repro.
2016
American Art from a Pacific Northwest Collection, Timken Museum of Art, San Diego, 2016, no catalogue.
Inscriptions
upper right in red: GEO D[E?] F BRUSH / 1887
Wikidata ID
Q20189846