New England Farm in Winter, 1850 or after

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.87

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (painter)

Image Use

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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

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Hall, Robert Gerry
Miller, Daisy C.
Unknown Patron

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: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 414, 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.