Rip Van Winkle Awakening from his Long Sleep

1823

Henry Inman

Painter, American, 1801 - 1846

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 38.1 × 45.72 cm (15 × 18 in.)
    framed: 52.39 × 59.69 × 8.26 cm (20 5/8 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.134

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Sale, Shannon's Fine Arts Auctioneers, Milford, Connecticut, 29 October 2015); purchased by (Godel & Co., New York) for William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Per documentation from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1823

  • [Annual Exhibition], American Academy of the Fine Arts, New York, 1823, no. 115.

1846

  • [Henry Inman Memorial Exhibition], Art-Union Rooms, New York, 1846, no. 102.

1850

  • Catalogue of the Fifth Exhibition, Albany Gallery of Fine Arts, 1850, no. 91.

Bibliography

1987

  • Gerdts, William H., and Carrie Rebora.The Art of Henry Inman. Washington, D.C., 1987: 33, fig. 1

Inscriptions

lower right: Inman

Wikidata ID

Q63118535

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