Catherine A. May
c. 1830
Painter, American, 1788 - 1865
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 79 x 63.4 cm (31 1/8 x 24 15/16 in.)
framed: 94.5 x 79.1 x 4.3 cm (37 3/16 x 31 1/8 x 1 11/16 in.) -
Accession
1978.80.16
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from upper New York State. (Albert W. Force, city unknown), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 43. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.
Bibliography
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 283, 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: 277-279. repro. 278.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 260, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20185676