Louis Husson

1899

Thomas Eakins

Artist, American, 1844 - 1916

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Katharine Husson Horstick

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61 x 50.9 cm (24 x 20 1/16 in.)
    framed: 76.2 x 66 x 6.7 cm (30 x 26 x 2 5/8 in.)

  • Accession

    1957.2.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The sitter [1844-1923], Philadelphia, from 1899. His daughter, Katharine Husson Horstick [Mrs. Simon M. Horstick, d. 1956], Hatboro, Pennsylvania, by 1917; bequest 1957 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1911

  • Fifteenth Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1911, no. 74.

1917

  • Memorial Exhibition of the Works of the Late Thomas Eakins, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 1917, no. 104, as Portrait: Louis Husson.

1989

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Walter Curley, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 1989-1992.

Bibliography

1930

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. "Thomas Eakins, Realist." Pennsylvania Museum Bulletin 25 (March 1930): 27, no. 189.

1933

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins: His Life and Work. New York, 1933: 190.

1967

  • Schendler, Sylvan. Eakins. Boston, 1967: repro. 256.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 52, repro.

1974

  • Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Thomas Eakins. New York, 1974: 170, repro. 171.

1980

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1980: 116, repro.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 150, repro.

1981

  • Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 169, repro. 171.

1982

  • Goodrich, Lloyd. Thomas Eakins. 2 vols. Cambridge, Massachusetts, 1982: 2:215, repro. 58.

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 553, no. 838, color repro.

1988

  • Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. Rev. ed. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1988: 134, repro.

1989

  • American Paintings from the Manoogian Collection. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Detroit Institute of Arts. Washington, D.C., 1989: repro. 126.

1992

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 166, repro.

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 173-176, color repro.

Inscriptions

upper right: To his friend / Louis Husson / Thomas Eakins / 1899.; on reverse: To Katy Husson from her friend Thomas Eakins.

Wikidata ID

Q20190661

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