Household Duties

c. 1890

Gari Melchers

Artist, American, 1860 - 1932

Artwork overview

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Edward C. and Mary Walker, Washington, DC; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1937; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1916

  • Exhibition of Pictures by Gari Melchers, Montross Gallery, New York, 1916, no. 26

1918

  • Paintings by Gari Melchers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1918, no. 39

1923

  • Exhibition of Paintings by Gari Melchers, Baltimore Museum of Art, Maryland, 1923, no. 23.2.4

1929

  • Paintings and Drawings by Gari Melchers, Anderson Galleries, New York, 1929, no. 15

1930

  • Exhibition of a Retrospective Collection of Paintings Representative of the Life Work of Gari Melchers, N.A., Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Dayton Art Institute, Ohio, 1930

1933

  • Memorial Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Etchings by Gari Melchers, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1933, no. 47

1938

  • Gari Melchers: A Memorial Exhibition of His Work, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1938, no. 99

2002

  • The Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873-1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003-2004

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 121, no. 812.

Inscriptions

upper left in oil: Gari Melchers; upper left verso mount in black ink by unknown hand on adhesive label: 1042; upper right verso mount in grpahite by unknown hand: INC 349 / Box 1 E [strikethrough]; upper center verso mount in crayon by unknown hand: C47 [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q64571007

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