An Aztec Sculptor

1887

George de Forest Brush

Painter, American, 1854 or 1855 - 1941

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Artwork overview


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


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