Prize Bull, 1876

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50.7 x 63 cm (19 15/16 x 24 13/16 in.)

framed: 58.9 x 72.4 x 6 cm (23 3/16 x 28 1/2 x 2 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.3

Artists / Makers

H. Call (artist) American, active 1876

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right center: H. CALL / 1876

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (John Bihler and Henry Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts), by whom sold in 1961 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Bihler and Henry Coger, John
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 14, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1985: Two Centuries of Naive Painting, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1985, no catalogue.

1988: A Little Bestiary: Naive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Montclair Art Museum, New Jersey, 1988, no catalogue.

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. 14, repro.

2010: American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no catalogue.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 37, 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: 41-42, color repro. 42.