Violet

1882

George Fuller

Artist, American, 1822 - 1884

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Mrs. Augustus Vincent Tack

  • 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


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