Sisters
c. 1840
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 46 x 60.8 cm (18 1/8 x 23 15/16 in.)
framed: 60 x 74.6 x 6 cm (23 5/8 x 29 3/8 x 2 3/8 in.) -
Accession
1980.62.37
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New York. (David Hollander, New York City), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
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. 85.
1958
American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 86, 47, as Twin Sisters by Unknown.
Bibliography
1958
American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions. Exh. cat. Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958: no. 86, 47, as Twin Sisters.
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: 590-592, repro. 591.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 426, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20186846