Portrait of an Old Man

1848

J.C. Robinson

Associated Names
J.C. Robinson

Artist, American, active 1848

The image shows a man from the waist up, facing slightly to the left with a neutral expression. He has a receding hairline with dark hair, prominent eyebrows, and a pointed nose. He is wearing a dark coat with a white collar and a red garment underneath. The background is a muted brown color. One of his hands is partially visible in his lap, near a small slip of paper with writing on it.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

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. 94.

1975

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

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 94, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 216, 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: 321, repro. 322.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 272, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center, on cuff: Painted Dec. 9 / 18 48; center left: Ag[e]. 76; on reverse (no longer visible, photograph in object file [1955.11.14] in NGA curatorial records): J.C. Robinson

Wikidata ID

Q20187927

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