Allegory of Freedom
1863 or after
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 94.2 x 109.3 cm (37 1/16 x 43 1/16 in.)
framed: 107.3 x 122.5 x 5.7 cm (42 1/4 x 48 1/4 x 2 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1955.11.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Piscataquis County, Maine. Acquired in the 1920s by (Robert Gerry Hall, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine), by whom sold in 1948 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washingotn, 1954, no. 106.
1968
The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.
1976
The American Flag in the Art of Our Country, Allentown Art Museum, Pennsylvania, 1976, no. 25, color repro.
1981
Scenes of Folk Art, Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, 1981, no catalogue.
1988
A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.
1999
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Gerald S. McGowan, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1999-2001 (unnumbered brochure, repro.).
2010
American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no catalogue.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 126, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 263, 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: 401-403, color repro. 402.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 386, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20188633