Josephine Knitting

1916

Edmund Tarbell

Associated Names
Edmund Charles Tarbell

Painter, American, 1862 - 1938

This painting shows a woman seated on a wooden chair, facing the right with her head slightly tilted down. She is focused on the thin silver needles she holds in her hands. She has light skin and brown hair put up into a bun, and she wears a dark green long-sleeved top with a white collar, a long tan skirt, and black shoes with short heels. On the round table next to her, there is a bowl decorated with white and blue patterns. On the left, a tall brown surface is partially visible, with a vase of red, orange, and purple flowers on top of it. The room has pale-yellow walls, and there is an open window with sheer curtains behind the woman. Framed artwork is on either side of the window, near the gray ceiling, and on the right is an open white door leading into another room with red walls and another open door.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 1917 by George M. Oyster, Jr. [1849-1921], Washington;[1] his estate; bequest 21 January 1924 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Oyster purchased the painting from the Corcoran's 1916-1917 _Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists."

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Exhibition History

1916

  • Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 December 1916 - 21 January 1917.

1939

  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art: Selected Group of Twenty American Painters, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1939, unnumbered checklist.

1950

  • Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 15 June - November 1950, no catalogue.

1962

  • Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell, N.A. (1852-1938), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1962, no. 8.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2002

  • The Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873-1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 13 July - 27 August 2002, unpublished checklist.

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 July 2003 - 18 October 2004, unpublished checklist.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1924

  • Brigham, Gertrude Richardson. "Arts and Artists of the Capital" The Washington Post (1924): A3.

1935

  • Wilson, Vylla Poe. "Fourteenth Biennal Exhibition Focuses Art World's Eyes on Corcoran Gallery Here." The Washington Post (1935): SA5.

1938

  • "Paintings by the Late Edmund C. Tarbell in Washington Collections." Washington Star (1938).

1939

  • Lewis, Elizabeth Ray. "Museum Treasure of the Week." The Washington Post (1939): AM5.

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 54, repro.

1975

  • Richard, Paul. "'Remembering' the Corcoran and Fannie Eanes." The Washington Post (1975): C1.

1980

  • Pierce, Patricia Jobe. Edmind C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting 1889-1980. Hingham, Massachusetts, 1980: 58, 115

2000

  • Vure, Sarah. "Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California." American Art Review XII, no. 4 (2000): repro 178, 182.

  • Vure, Sarah. Circles of Influence: Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California Art. Newport Beach, CA, 2000: 33, plate 6.

2001

  • Smith, Jessica Todd. "Is Polite Society Polite?: The Genteel Tradition in the Figure Paintings of William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941)." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (2001): 138, fig. 67.

2002

  • O'Sullivan, Michael. "The Changing State of American Women." The Washington Post (2002): 49.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 196, 319, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633543

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