William Wilson Corcoran

model 1882, carved 1883

John Quincy Adams Ward

Sculptor, American, 1830 - 1910

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Commissioned March 1882 by Hillcrest, the Washington City Orphan Asylum;[1] acquired October 1939 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington;[2] acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] See supporting documentation for the Corcoran change of date proposal, dated 9 April 2007, in NGA curatorial files.
[2] The Ward bust was acquired by the Corcoran in exchange for a bust of Mr. Corcoran and the sculpture The First Step, both by Ulric S.J. Dunbar.

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Exhibition History

1883

  • Loan for display with permanent collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 7 December 1883 - December 1884.

1949

  • Long term loan to Louis Home, Washington, April 1949 - July 1987.

1987

  • The Hudson River School: The Rise of American Landscape Painting, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 22 September 1987 - 3 January 1988, unnumbered catalogue.

  • American Paradise: The World of the Hudson River School, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1987-1988, not in catalogue.

2005

  • Encouraging American Genius, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 27 August 2005 - 2 January 2006, no catalogue.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1980

  • Sharp, Lewis Inman. "A Catalogue of the Works of the American Sculptor John Quincy Adams Ward, 1830-1910." Ph.D. dissertation, University of Delaware, Newark, 1980: 238-239, 395 fig. 46.

1985

  • Sharp, Lewis I. John Quincy Adams Ward: Dean of American Sculpture, with a Catalogue Raisonné. Newark, London, and Toronto, 1985: 213-214, no. 70, repro.

2000

  • Cash, Sarah, with Terrie Sultan. American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. New York, 2000: 87, repro.

Inscriptions

on back: J.Q.A. Ward / 1883

Wikidata ID

Q63864122

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