Little Girl with Slate
c. 1845
Painter, American, active mid 19th century
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 68.8 x 56 cm (27 1/16 x 22 1/16 in.)
framed: 77.4 x 64.7 x 5.3 cm (30 1/2 x 25 1/2 x 2 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.66
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Boston. Purchased in 1953 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 17.
1973
Extended loan for use by the Council on Economic Policy, Office of the Secretary of the Treasury, The White House, Washington, D.C., 1973-1974.
1975
American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no cat.
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 52, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.
1988
La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 52, repro.
2015
Le Douanier Rousseau: L'innocence archaïque, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, 2015-2017, no. 29, repro. (shown only in Venice and Paris).
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 140, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 282, repro.
1992
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 312-314, color repro. 313.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 268, repro.
2006
Perry, Claire. Young America. Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture. New Haven and London, 2006: 194-196, fig. 158.
Inscriptions
on slate: Suffer Little Children to Come unto me for of such is the kingdom of Heav[en]
Wikidata ID
Q20187438