Prize Bull
1876
Artist, American, active 1876
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 50.7 x 63 cm (19 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.)
framed: 58.9 x 72.4 x 6 cm (23 3/16 x 28 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1980.62.3
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Massachusetts. (John Bihler and Henry Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts), by whom sold in 1961 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 14, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.
Two Centuries of Naive Painting, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1985, 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.
La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 14, 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
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: 41-42, color repro. 42.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 37, repro.
Inscriptions
lower right center: H. CALL / 1876
Wikidata ID
Q20188821