Blue Eyes

c. 1850

American 19th Century

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Maine. Purchased in 1948 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 58.

1955

  • American Primitive Pantings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1961

  • 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 60, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1968

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 52, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970

  • American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1973

  • American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Holland Union, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1973, exhibition guide (copy not located).

Bibliography

1957

  • Eliot, Alexander. Three Hundred Years of American Painting. New York, 1957: color repro., 56.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 128, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 266, repro.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 538, no. 811, color 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: 423, repro. 424.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 390, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20187946

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