Family Burying Ground

c. 1840

American 19th Century

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Stratford, Connecticut. Purchased in 1956 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1958

  • American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1968

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

1978

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

1998

  • Art of the Departed: The Gravestones of Cape Cod, Heritage Plantation of Sandwich, Massachusetts, 1998, no cat.

Bibliography

1970

  • American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 134, repro.

1980

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 274, 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: 471-473, color repro. 472.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 400, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20186633


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