The Barnyard

late 19th century

Amzi Emmons Zeliff

Artist, American, 1831 - 1915

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West Building Main Floor, Gallery 63

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New Jersey. (Valentine Gallery, New York), by whom sold in 1944 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1955

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

1963

  • French, American, and Italian Review, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 1963, no. 52.

1967

  • American Painting, Art Resources Traveler (Artmobile), Illinois, 1967-1968.

1977

  • Extended loan for use by the Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980.

1981

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 34 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1984

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Richard Lyng, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1984-1989.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1989-1991.

1999

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Daniel R. Glickman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001.

2015

  • Le Douanier Rousseau: L'innocence archaïque, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, 2015-2017, not in catalogue (shown only in Venice).

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 124, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 262, 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: 397-399, color repro. 398.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 385, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: A. E. ZELIFF

Wikidata ID

Q20187945

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