The Strawberry Girl, c. 1830

West Building, Main Floor - Gallery 63

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 66.3 x 56.3 cm (26 1/8 x 22 3/16 in.)

framed: 77.1 x 67 x 6.3 cm (30 3/8 x 26 3/8 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.59

Artists / Makers

Ammi Phillips (painter) American, 1788 - 1865

Image Use

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Overview

Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Naive Paintings, pages 279-281, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/American%20Naive%20Painting.pdf

Provenance

Recorded as from New York City. Purchased in 1947 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1981: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 12 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1983: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Helene A. von Damm, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1983-1986.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 298, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 261, 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: 279-281, color repro. 280.