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American 19th Century

Boy and Girl, c. 1850

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 107 x 81.3 cm (42 1/8 x 32 in.)

framed: 119.1 x 93.3 x 6.3 cm (46 7/8 x 36 3/4 x 2 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.7

Artists / Makers

American 19th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from New York. Purchased in 1945 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[1] gift to NGA, 1956.

[1] A photograph of Boy and Girl in the Jean Lipman photographic files, Archives of American Art, is inscribed on the back, "American Victorian, Robert Laurent." Since the artist Laurent was also an early collector of folk paintings, it is possible that this object may have passed through his hands at some time.

Associated Names

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

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. 83.

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

1971: Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1971-1992.

1972: Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1986-1992.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 128, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 267, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 391, 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: 431, repro. 430.