Violet
1882
Artist, American, 1822 - 1884

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 68.5 x 55.8 cm (26 15/16 x 21 15/16 in.)
framed: 91.4 x 78.7 x 7.6 cm (36 x 31 x 3 in.) -
Accession
1953.9.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
The artist, Deerfield, Massachusetts; his estate until 1911; his daughter, Agnes Gordon Fuller Tack [Mrs. Augustus Vincent Tack], Deerfield, Massachusetts;[1] gift 1953 to NGA.
[1] Letter of 24 January 1992 from Jeffrey Goodhue Legler, great-great-grandson of the artist (in NGA curatorial files) provides provenance information.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1884
Probably Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1884, no. 161, as Portrait of a Girl.
1887
Works by George Fuller, Reichard & Co., New York, 1887, no. 6.
1923
Centennial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1923, no. 20, as Portrait "The Artist's Daughter".
Bibliography
1961
Homer, William Innes, and David M. Robb. "Paintings by George Fuller in American Museums and Public Collections." The Art Quarterly 24 (Autumn 1961): 294.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 62, repro.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 165, repro.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 186, repro.
1996
Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 241-243, repro.
Inscriptions
upper right: Violet / Sept. / 1882
Wikidata ID
Q20189569