Brother and Sister

c. 1845

American 19th Century

Associated Names
American 19th Century

Artist

The image depicts a man and a young girl in a full-body portrait. The man is seated on a white bench, while the girl stands beside him with her hand on his shoulder. Both have fair skin and brown hair. The man wears a black suit with a white shirt, a black tie, and a patterned vest. The girl wears a blue dress with white lace trim and a white petticoat. A straw hat and a book are near the man, and a small brown dog and a white bonnet with blue ribbons are on the grass. Lush green trees and a body of water are in the background.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New Jersey. Purchased in 1952 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1954

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 82.

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. 71. 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.

1981

  • American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 13 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1988

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stephen Ledogar, U.S. Ambassador to Mutual Balanced Force Reduction talks, Vienna, Austria, 1988-1990.

1990

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stephen Ledogar, U.S. Ambassador to the Arms Control and Disarmament Agency, Geneva, Switzerland, 1990-1997.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 128, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 268, 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: 441, repro. 440.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 393, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20187325

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