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Attributed to Daniel Hendrickson

Catharine Hendrickson, c. 1770

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 117 x 96.2 cm (46 1/16 x 37 7/8 in.)

framed: 132.1 x 112.7 x 5 cm (52 x 44 3/8 x 1 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.45

Artists / Makers

Daniel Hendrickson (painter) American, 1723 - 1788

Image Use

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Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, photo in NGA curatorial files): Catharine Hendrickson [ ]; on same line but in a different ink and seemingly in a different hand: 1781

Provenance

Descended in the family of the sitter to Mrs. Hattie Hendrickson Longstreet Tunis; to her niece, Bertha Hendrickson Conover (Mrs. Cecil S.), Middletown, New Jersey. Sold c. 1950 to (Edna Netter, Marlboro, New Jersey),[1] by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

[1] Edna Netter has also been listed as in Freehold, New Jersey.

Associated Names

Conover, Bertha Hendrickson
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hendrickson, Catharine
Netter, Edna M.
Tunis, Hattie Hendrickson Longstreet, Mrs.

Exhibition History

1931: Untitled exhibition, Monmouth County Historical Association, Freehold, New Jersey 1931-1940.

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 17.

1955: American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 17, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967: Fifty Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Colleciton of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, no cat.

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. 17, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1975: A Nation of Nations, National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1975-1988, no cat.

1975: Extended loan for display with the museum's collection, 1975-2004.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 136, repro., as by Unknown American.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 276, repro., as by Unknown American.

1983: Cohen, David Steven. The Folklore and Folklife of New Jersey. New Brunswick, 1983: 77, 81.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 198, 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: 178-180, color repro. 179.