Plains Indian
fourth quarter 19th century
Artist, American, active c. 1875/1900
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 51 x 40.8 cm (20 1/16 x 16 1/16 in.)
framed: 57.2 x 47 x 5.1 cm (22 1/2 x 18 1/2 x 2 in.) -
Accession
1968.26.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from Connecticut. (Avis and Rockwell Gardiner, Stamford, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1954 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1968.
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.
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: 18, repro., as Plains Indian (possibly Sitting Bull).
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 29, repro., as Plains Indian (Probably Sitting Bull).
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 35, repro.
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: 31-32, repro. 31.
Inscriptions
lower right: J. W. Bradshaw
Wikidata ID
Q20188796