Sisters in Red

c. 1840/1850

Sturtevant J. Hamblin

Associated Names
Sturtevant J. Hamblin

Painter, American, active 1837/1856

The image shows two children, a girl and a boy, depicted from head to toe. The girl is standing to the right, slightly turned towards the boy. She has dark hair tied back with a pink ribbon, and her facial features are serious with a fair complexion. The boy also has a fair complexion and short light-colored hair. They are both wearing matching red dresses with white lace collars and cuffs, and white pantalettes underneath. The boy holds a yellow ceramic jug decorated with a floral pattern, while the girl holds an open book in her hands. Around the girl's neck hangs a long chain with a circular pendant. The background features a dark, wooded area with bare trees, and in the distance, there is the silhouette of a house with smoke coming from the chimney, set against a pink and blue sky.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Provincetown, Massachusetts. (Clifford Harrington, Walcliff Antiques, city unknown), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

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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. 46.

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: 167, color repro. 169.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 191, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20186862

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