Inscription
on grave marker in old man's hand: J NO[B or R]IS / CO H. / 45 Pa / Vols; on marker by his feet: UNKNOWN / US
Provenance
The artist's brother, James Park; his daughter, Jennie Park, Indiana, Pennsylvania; Mrs. Norman Park (wife of Jennie Park's half-brother), Indiana, Pennsylvania; her daughter, Mrs. Enzer (Mary Park) Lewis, Indiana, Pennsylvania;[1] sold to (Mollard's Antique Shop, Westfield, New York); sold 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1953 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1968
- The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968, as Grave of A. Norris.
- 1973
- American Primitive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Holland Union, Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania, 1973, exhibition guide (copy not located).
- 1978
- The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.
- 1993
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 1993-1994.
- 1993
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1993.
- 1994
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, 1994.
- 1994
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, 1994-1995.
- 1995
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Boise Art Museum, Idaho, 1995.
- 1995
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.
- 1995
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, 1995.
- 1995
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.
- 1996
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainseville, 1996-1997.
- 1996
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996.
- 1996
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1996.
- 1996
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.
- 1997
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1997.
- 1998
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1998.
Bibliography
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 86, repro., as Dying Tonight on the Old Camp Ground.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 204, repro.
- 1981
- Smith, Jean. "Linton Park, Pennsylvania Paitner." Antiques 120 (November 1981): 1208-1209.
- 1982
- Griffith, J. Neal. Linton Park: American Primitive. Indiana, Pennsylvania, 1982: 103-104.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 254, repro.
- 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: 269-270, repro. 269.
- 1996
- American Naive Paintings: From the National Gallery of Art. American Art Review, Vol. VIII, No. 6, 1996, no. 131, repro.
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