Girl with Toy Rooster

c. 1840

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. Purchased in 1947 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1953 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 19.

1981

  • Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. George H.W. Bush, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1981-1989.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1995

  • Is She or Isn't He? Identifying Gender in Folk Portraits of Children. Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1995, no. 63, repro.

Bibliography

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 276, 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: 491-493, repro. 492.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 403, repro.

2015

  • Schorsch, David A. "The Myth of G. Gustemer and the Recognition of George Gassner." Antiques and Fine Art (1 March 2015): 161 fig. 8, 162-163, as Attributed to George Gassner.

Wikidata ID

Q20186682

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