The Sportsman's Dream
1881 or after
C.F. Senior
Artist, American, active 1881 or after
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 56.2 x 76.6 cm (22 1/8 x 30 3/16 in.)
framed: 69.9 x 89.5 x 5.6 cm (27 1/2 x 35 1/4 x 2 3/16 in.) -
Accession Number
1980.62.21
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New York. (Harry Stone, New York), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
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. 109. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.
1985
American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 55, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.
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. 55, repro.
1992
The American Wildlife Image and Charles Frace, National Museum of Natural History, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., 1992-1993, no cat.
Bibliography
1971
Peterson, Harold L. Americans at Home. New York, 1971: fig. 177 and caption.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 335, 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: 339-341, color repro. 340.
Inscriptions
lower left: C.F. SEnior; on newspaper: THE / AMERICAN FIELD; on boxes, lower left: ANA / CIGARS
Wikidata ID
Q20188885