The Sportsman's Dream
1881 or after
Artist, American, active 1881 or after
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56.2 x 76.6 cm (22 1/8 x 30 3/16 in.)
framed: 69.9 x 89.5 x 5.6 cm (27 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.) -
Accession
1980.62.21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New York. (Harry Stone, New York), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 109. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 55, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.
1988
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. 55, repro.
1992
The American Wildlife Image and Charles Frace, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993, no cat.
Bibliography
1971
Peterson, Harold L. Americans at Home. New York, 1971: fig. 177 and caption.
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: 339-341, color repro. 340.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 335, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: C.F. SEnior; on newspaper: THE / AMERICAN FIELD; on boxes, lower left: ANA / CIGARS
Wikidata ID
Q20188885