Twenty-two Houses and a Church, mid 19th century

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.

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.

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

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 429, 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.

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