Landscape with Buildings, fourth quarter 18th century

Not on View

Medium

oil on wood

Dimensions

overall: 68.9 x 116.2 cm (27 1/8 x 45 3/4 in.)

framed: 82.8 x 131.1 x 4.4 cm (32 5/8 x 51 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.10

Artists / Makers

American 18th Century (artist)

Image Use

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Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (Mrs. Lillian Ullman, Tarrytown, New York), probably about 1940.[1] (M. Knoedler and Co., New York), by 1942; sold 1947 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1956 to NGA.

[1] Information on Ullman provided by Nina Fletcher Little, letters of 12 August 1968 and 30 September 1985, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Knoedler & Company, M.
Ullman, Lillian, Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1948: American Paintings of the 18th and Early 19th Century In Our Current Collection, M. Knoedler and Co., New York, 1948, no. 1.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 136, repro.

1972: Little, Nina Fletcher. American Decorative Wall Painting 1700-1850. Rev. ed. Toronto and Vancouver, 1972: 36.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 279, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 408, 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: 519-521, repro. 520.