New England Farm in Winter
1850 or after
Painter
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 59.7 x 97.8 cm (23 1/2 x 38 1/2 in.)
framed: 78.1 x 115.6 x 6.6 cm (30 3/4 x 45 1/2 x 2 5/8 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.87
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Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Hampden Highlands, Maine.[1] (Daisy C. Miller, city unknown). (Robert G. Hall, Dover-Foxcroft, Maine), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
[1] A letter to Colonel Garbisch from Rebecca Shepherd dated 9 May 1957, in NGA curatorial files, states that Miller bought the painting "in Hampden Maine from the attic of one of the old houses there, the day of an auction." The Garbisches' own records identify this location as Hampden Highlands.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Painting, traveling exh. organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 69, as by Daisy C. Miller. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.
1957
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 67, as by Daisy C. Miller.
1981
Extended loan for use by Secretary Terrell H. Bell, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 1981-1984.
1985
Extended loan for use by Clayton K. Yeutter, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1985-1989.
1991
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stapleton Roy, U.S. Embassy residence, Beijing, China, 1991-1995.
1997
Extended loan for use by Charlene Barshefsky, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.
2006
Extended loan for use by Secretary Michael Chertoff, U.S. Department of Homeland Security, Washington, D.C., 2006-2008.
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 140, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 285, 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: 555-556, repro. 555.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 414, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20187989