Josephine Knitting

1916

Edmund Charles Tarbell

Painter, American, 1862 - 1938

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist; purchased 1917 by George M. Oyster, Jr. [1849-1921], Washington;[1] his estate; bequest 21 January 1924 to the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] Oyster purchased the painting from the Corcoran's 1916-1917 _Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists."

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Exhibition History

1916

  • Sixth Exhibition: Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 December 1916 - 21 January 1917.

1939

  • The Corcoran Gallery of Art: Selected Group of Twenty American Painters, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1939, unnumbered checklist.

1950

  • Norfolk Museum of Arts and Sciences, 15 June - November 1950, no catalogue.

1962

  • Centennial Exhibition of Paintings by Edmund C. Tarbell, N.A. (1852-1938), Smithsonian Institution, Washington, 1962, no. 8.

1998

  • The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2002

  • The Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873-1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 13 July - 27 August 2002, unpublished checklist.

2003

  • The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 19 July 2003 - 18 October 2004, unpublished checklist.

2008

  • The American Evolution: A History through Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1 March - 27 July 2008, unpublished checklist.

2013

  • American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013 - 28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

1924

  • Brigham, Gertrude Richardson. "Arts and Artists of the Capital" The Washington Post (1924): A3.

1935

  • Wilson, Vylla Poe. "Fourteenth Biennal Exhibition Focuses Art World's Eyes on Corcoran Gallery Here." The Washington Post (1935): SA5.

1938

  • "Paintings by the Late Edmund C. Tarbell in Washington Collections." Washington Star (1938).

1939

  • Lewis, Elizabeth Ray. "Museum Treasure of the Week." The Washington Post (1939): AM5.

1973

  • Phillips, Dorothy W. A Catalogue of the Collection of American Paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Vol. 2: Painters born from 1850 to 1910. Washington, 1973: 54, repro.

1975

  • Richard, Paul. "'Remembering' the Corcoran and Fannie Eanes." The Washington Post (1975): C1.

1980

  • Pierce, Patricia Jobe. Edmind C. Tarbell and the Boston School of Painting 1889-1980. Hingham, Massachusetts, 1980: 58, 115

2000

  • Vure, Sarah. "Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California." American Art Review XII, no. 4 (2000): repro 178, 182.

  • Vure, Sarah. Circles of Influence: Impressionism to Modernism in Southern California Art. Newport Beach, CA, 2000: 33, plate 6.

2001

  • Smith, Jessica Todd. "Is Polite Society Polite?: The Genteel Tradition in the Figure Paintings of William McGregor Paxton (1869-1941)." Ph.D. diss., Yale University (2001): 138, fig. 67.

2002

  • O'Sullivan, Michael. "The Changing State of American Women." The Washington Post (2002): 49.

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 196, 319, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q46633543

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