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Charles S. Humphreys

The Trotter, c. 1860

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 x 91.6 cm (20 x 36 1/16 in.)

framed: 68.6 x 109.9 x 9.5 cm (27 x 43 1/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.95

Artists / Makers

Charles S. Humphreys (painter) American, 1818 - 1880

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Inscription

on banner: POIN[T] BREEZE [PAR]K ASSOCIATION.

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, (not included in cat). First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

1958: American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 93, 49, as by Unknown.

1962: Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 27.

1967: National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 13.

1971: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1971-1978.

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1980: Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1980-1982.

1985: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Walter Cutler, U.S. Embassy residence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1985-1987.

1989: Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador James Blanchard, U.S. Embassy residence, Ottawa, Canada, 1993-1996.

2005: Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Nicholson, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 70, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 178, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 207, 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: 215-218, repro. 216.

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