A Longshoreman, n.d.

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 65

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 30.48 × 45.72 cm (12 × 18 in.)

framed: 46.99 × 60.33 × 6.99 cm (18 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase by exchange: Mr. and Mrs. Ignatius Sargent)

Accession Number

2015.19.238

Artists / Makers

John George Brown (painter) American, born England, 1831 - 1913

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: J.G. Brown N.A.

Provenance

The artist; (his sale, by Robert Somerville, Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 26-27 January 1892, 1st day, no. 5); Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; (his sale, American Art Galleries, 14-17 February 1899, no. 20); A. Steckler. (sale, O'Reilly's Plaza Art Galleries, New York).[1] (John Levy Galleries, New York), in 1944.[2] private collection; by descent to consignor to 2009 sale; (sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, New York, 5 March 2009, no. 138); purchased by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] This information is from a label on the back of the frame. The painting has not yet been identified in an O'Reilly auction.

[2] The painting was included in an exhibition at the Levy Galleries; no owners were identified in the exhibition checklist.

Associated Names

Christie, Manson & Woods, Ltd.
Clarke, Thomas Benedict
Corcoran Gallery of Art
John Levy Galleries
Plaza Art Galleries
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Steckler, A.

Exhibition History

1944: America in the 19th Century: Its People - Pleasures - And Pursuits, John Levy Galleries, New York, 16 May - 3 June 1944, no. 18.

Bibliography

2010: Hoppin, Martha. The World of J.G. Brown. Chesterfield, Massachusetts, 2010: 126, 127 fig. 6-4, 237 n. 57, 246.

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 146, 290, repro.