Washington, the Mason
c. 1868
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 38.4 x 30.5 cm (15 1/8 x 12 in.)
framed: 46.3 x 38.1 x 3.4 cm (18 1/4 x 15 x 1 5/16 in.) -
Accession
1956.13.12
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Lambertville, New Jersey. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.
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. 43.
1955
American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.
1956
[Exhibition], The Alexandria Association, Virginia, 1956.
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.
1973
Extended loan for use by Secretary George Schultz, U.S. Department of Treasury, 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.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 302, 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: 632-634, color repro. 633.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 433, repro.
Inscriptions
center top: G
Wikidata ID
Q20188713