Sisters in Blue, c. 1840

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 68.3 x 56 cm (26 7/8 x 22 1/16 in.)

framed: 82.2 x 69.9 x 5.1 cm (32 3/8 x 27 1/2 x 2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1978.80.19

Artists / Makers

Sturtevant J. Hamblin (painter) American, active 1837/1856

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Inscription

on page of book: MAN

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (Charles D. Childs, Boston). (Old Print Shop, New York), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Associated Names

Childs Gallery
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
The Old Print Shop
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, no. 54. First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 297, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 191, 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: 166-167, repro. 168.