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George A. Hayes

Bare Knuckles, c. 1870/1885

Not on View

Medium

oil on paperboard on wood

Dimensions

overall: 30.5 x 48.6 cm (12 x 19 1/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.9

Artists / Makers

George A. Hayes (artist) American, active c. 1870/1885

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: GEO. A. HAYES.

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (Henry W. Cowan, Troy, New York), by whom sold in 1953 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

Cowan, Henry W.
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part 1, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 108.

1955: American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1955: Sport in Art, traveling exhibition circulated by the American Federation of Arts, 1955-1956, no. 47.

1958: American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 97, 49.

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 91, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967: Fifty Masterpieces of American Painting from the Collection 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 exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 97, repro. 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.

1970: The New World: 1620-1970, The Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 20.

1971: What is American in American Art, M. Knoedler and Co. [benefit exhibition for the Museum of American Folk Art], New York, 1971, no. 60, repro.

1981: Champions of American Sport, National Portrait Gallery, Washington; Chicago Historical Society; American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1981-1982, not included in cat.

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

Bibliography

1966: Black, Mary, and Jean Lipman. American Folk Painting. New York, 1966: 103.

1971: Bihalji-Merin, Oto. Naive Art: A History and Worldwide Survey. New York, 1971: color pl. 39.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 197, 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: 175-177, color repro. 176.