Blacksmith Shop
c. 1880
Painter, American, c. 1833 - 1884 or after

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 59.1 x 81.6 cm (23 1/4 x 32 1/8 in.)
framed: 73 x 96.5 x 8.3 cm (28 3/4 x 38 x 3 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1966.13.4
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from San Jose, California, by (Lorenz Noll, San Francisco); sold c. 1930 to Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Grabhorn, San Francisco. (M. Knoedler and Co., New York); sold 1957 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1966 to NGA.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1950
American Processional, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1950, no. 198, as J.M. Studebaker in his Wagon Tire Shop at Hangtown, California by H.M.T. Powell.
1954
American Primitive Paintings, traveling exh. organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 75. First venue, Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.
1961
101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Coll. of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1961-1964, no. 89, color repro., as Studebaker in His Wagon-Tire Shop, Hangtown, California by H.M.T. Powell.
1967
Fifty Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Colleciton of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, 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 exhibition by Amer. Fed. of Arts, New York, 1968-1970, no. 94. 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.
1972
Extended loan for use by Caspar Weinberger, Director of the Budget and Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare, Washington, D.C., 1972-1975.
1977
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Galbraith, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 1977-1982.
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exhibition by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 10, color repro., b/w detail 21.
1988
La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 10, repro.
1993
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Art Museum of South Texas, Corpus Christi, 1993-1994.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Telfair Academy of Arts and Sciences, Savannah, Georgia, 1993.
1994
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Louisiana Arts and Science Center, Baton Rouge, 1994-1995.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Heckscher Museum, Huntington, New York, 1994.
1995
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), McKissick Museum, Columbia, South Carolina, 1995.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Boise Art Museum, Idaho, 1995.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), St. John's Museum of Art, Wilmington, North Carolina, 1995-1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Pensacola Museum of Art, Florida, 1995.
1996
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainseville, 1996-1997.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), James A. Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania, 1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, California, 1996.
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Maier Museum of Art, Randolph-Macon Woman's College, Lynchburg, Virginia, 1996.
1997
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, 1997.
1998
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art (NGA National Lending Service exhibition), Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, Connecticut, 1998.
2008
Extended loan for use by Secretary Ed Schafer, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2008.
2010
American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.
2014
Extended loan for use by Secretary Ernest Moniz, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 2014-2016.
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: 25, 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: 18-20, repro. 19.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 27, repro.
1996
American Naive Paintings: From the National Gallery. American Art Review, Vol. VIII, No. 6, 1996, no. 130, repro.
Inscriptions
center left: F. A Beckett
Wikidata ID
Q20188860