Mending the Harness
mid to late 1870s
Artist, American, 1847 - 1917
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 48.3 x 57.2 cm (19 x 22 1/2 in.)
framed: 64.8 x 72.7 x 7 cm (25 1/2 x 28 5/8 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1951.5.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
James Smith Inglis [d. 1907], New York. (Cottier & Co., New York). (Walter P. Fearon [d. 1935]/Fearon Galleries, New York).[1] (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), by October 1915; sold February 1917 to Adolph Lewisohn [c. 1849-1938], New York; by inheritance to his son, Sam A. Lewisohn [1884-1951]; bequest 1951 to NGA.
[1] James Inglis was the president of Cottier & Co. and it appears the company took possession of the painting after his death. It was included in the catalogue of what Elizabeth Broun (Albert Pinkham Ryder, Exh. cat., National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., 1989) describes as an exhibition held 1-24 March 1910 at The Cottier Gallery (see the exhibition history). The catalogue describes the 24 paintings as "selected from the stock in their New York galleries", and indicates that Mending the Harness was purchased from the artist by Inglis. Walter P. Fearon, who was associated with Cottier Galleries until it disbanded in 1909, lent the painting to the 1912 inaugural exhibition at the Toledo (Ohio) Museum of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1908
Second Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1908-1909, no. 32.
1910
A Group of Twenty-four Paintings of the French, Spanish, German and American Schools, The Cottier Gallery, New York, 1910, unnumbered.
1912
Inaugural Exhibition, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 1912, no. 81.
1917
Exhibition of American Painters, M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1917, no. 39.
1918
Twelfth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1918, no. 63.
Loan Exhibition of the Works of Albert P. Ryder, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1918, no. 4, repro.
1920
Venice Biennale. XII Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte della Città di Venezia, Venice, 1920, no. 41.
1930
Sixth Loan Exhibition--Winslow Homer, Albert P. Ryder, Thomas Eakins, Museum of Modern Art, New York, 1930, no. 71.
1938
A Century of American Landscape Painting, 1800-1900, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1938, no. 56.
1947
Albert P. Ryder Centenary Exhibition, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1947, no. 21, repro.
1951
The Lewisohn Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1951, no. 77, repro.
1957
Twenty Fifth Biennial Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio, 1957, no. 29, repro.
1961
Albert Pinkham Ryder, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1961, no. 1, repro.
1963
French, American, and Italian Review, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 1963, no. 46.
1968
Springfield Art Festival, The Romantic Spirit, Drury College, Springfield, Missouri, 1968, no cat.
1976
Extended loan for use by Secretary Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977.
1990
Albert Pinkham Ryder, National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C.; Brooklyn Museum, 1990-1991, no. 36.
Bibliography
1920
Sherman, Frederic Fairchild. Albert Pinkham Ryder. New York, 1920: 71, 77, cat. no. 82.
1932
Price, F. Newlin. Ryder: A Study of Appreciation. New York, 1932: cat. no. 96, repro.
1937
Lewisohn, Samuel. Painters and Personality: A Collector's View of Modern Art. New York, 1937: 135, 138, pl. 65.
1959
Goodrich, Lloyd. Albert Pinkham Ryder. New York, 1959: 14-15, pl. 4.
Homer, William I. "A Group of Paintings and Drawings by Ryder." Princeton Museum Record 18 (1959): 26-27, repro.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 94, repro.
1971
Boime, Albert. "Newman, Ryder, Couture and Hero-Worship in Art History." The American Art Journal 3 (Fall 1971): 18, 20-21, fig. 17.
1980
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 104, repro.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 217, repro.
1981
Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 182, repro. 183.
1988
Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 118, repro.
1989
Broun, Elizabeth. Albert Pinkham Ryder. Exh. cat. National Museum of American Art, Washington, D.C., 1989: 254-256, pl. 9.
Homer, William Innes, and Lloyd Goodrich. Albert Pinkham Ryder, Painter of Dreams. New York, 1989: 62.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 329, repro.
1998
Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 94-97, color repro.
Inscriptions
lower right: A. P. Ryder
Wikidata ID
Q20185169