Mother and Child in White
c. 1790
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 89.5 x 68.7 cm (35 1/4 x 27 1/16 in.)
framed: 106 x 85.4 x 4.4 cm (41 3/4 x 33 5/8 x 1 3/4 in.) -
Accession
1980.62.39
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New Haven, Connecticut. (Thomas D. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1954
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 28.
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. 18. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.
Bibliography
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: 550-552, color repro. 551.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 414, repro.
Wikidata ID
Q20179828