Twenty-two Houses and a Church
mid 19th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
water-based medium on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 61.2 x 76.5 cm (24 1/8 x 30 1/8 in.)
framed: 79 x 94.9 x 9.8 cm (31 1/8 x 37 3/8 x 3 7/8 in.) -
Accession
1958.9.13
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from western New York State. (Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1958.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 87.
1958
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.
1962
Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 26.
1966
American Folk Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Early American Folk Arts (now Museum of American Folk Art), held at the Time-Life Exhibit Center, New York, 1966, no cat.
1968
American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 78. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.
1970
American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.
1976
"First Flowers of Our Wilderness", The Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California: The University of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, 1976, no. 93, pl. 89.
1977
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stoessel, U.S. Embassy residence, Bonn, West Germany, 1977-1981.
1981
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terrra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 29 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).
1987
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Paul Cleveland, U.S. Embassy residence, Wellington, New Zealand, 1987-1989.
1991
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Michael Skol, U.S. Embassy residence, Caracas, Venezuela, 1991-1993.
2001
Extended loan for use by Secretary Mel Martinez, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005.
2006
Extended loan for use by Susan C. Schwab, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 2006-2008.
2017
Extended loan for use by Secretary Sonny Perdue, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2017-2021..
Bibliography
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 152, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 299, 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: 612-613, color repro. 612.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 429, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20185425