Pharaoh's Army Marching

c. 1865/1880

Erastus Salisbury Field

Artist, American, 1805 - 1900

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. Purchased in 1949 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1962

  • Early American Folk Arts, organized by Museum of Early American Folk Arts (now MAFA), held at Time-Life Exhibit Center, New York, 1962, no cat.

1963

  • Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, 1963, no. 107.

1966

  • The Folk Artist in the City: Erastus Salisbury Field in New York, Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1966, no. 27.

1972

  • The Hand and the Spirit: Religious Art in America, 1700-1900, traveling exhibition, 1972-1973, 118. (cat. by Jane Dillenberger and Joshua Taylor). First venue: University Art Museum, Berkeley, California.

1984

  • Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900, traveling exhibition, 1984-1985, no. 88, fig. 48. (cat. by Mary C. Black). First venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts.

1993

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 1993-1994.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1993.

1994

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, 1994-1995.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, 1994.

1995

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Boise Art Museum, Idaho, 1995.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, 1995.

1996

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainseville, 1996-1997.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1996.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996.

1997

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1997.

1998

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1998.

Bibliography

1963

  • French, Reginald F., and Agnes M. Dods. "Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 28 (October 1963): 129, no. 252 (includes their "Checklist of Paintings attributed to E. S. Field").

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 161, 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: 138-140, repro. 139.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 183, repro.

1996

  • American Naive Paintings: From the National Gallery of Art. American Art Review, Vol. VIII, No. 6, 1996, no. 137, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20188667


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