Coon Hunt

third quarter 19th century

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (The Primitives Gallery of Harry Stone, New York, by 1942).[1] Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[2] gift to NGA, 1953.
[1] In which year it was included in an "Exhibition of One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Primitives," at The Primitives Gallery, no. 36. [2] The Garbisch records do not indicate whether it was Stone or another dealer who sold them the picture.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1942

  • Exhibition of One Hundred and Fifty Years of American Primitives, The Primitives Gallery of Harry Stone, New York, 1942, no. 36.

1968

  • The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1971

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Roger C. B. Morton, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1971-1975.

1975

  • American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no catalogue.

1988

  • A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1942

  • Drepperd, Carl W. American Pioneer Arts and Artists. Springfield, Massachusetts, 1942: 77.

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 132, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 272, 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: 463-464, repro. 463.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 398, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20187956

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