Bare Knuckles, c. 1870/1885

Inscription

lower left: GEO. A. HAYES.

Provenance

Recorded as from New York. (Henry W. Cowan, Troy, New York), by whom sold in 1953 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Exhibition History

1954

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part 1, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 108.

1955

American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1955

Sport in Art, traveling exhibition circulated by the American Federation of Arts, 1955-1956, no. 47.

1958

American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 97, 49.

1961

101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 91, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967

Fifty Masterpieces of American Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, no cat.

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. 97, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970

American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.

1970

The New World: 1620-1970, The Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 20.

1971

What is American in American Art, M. Knoedler and Co. [benefit exhibition for the Museum of American Folk Art], New York, 1971, no. 60, repro.

1981

Champions of American Sport, National Portrait Gallery, Washington; Chicago Historical Society; American Museum of Natural History, New York, 1981-1982, not included in cat.

2010

American Naive Paintings from the Garbisch Collection at the National Gallery of Art, Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, Virginia, 2010, no cat.

Bibliography

1966

Black, Mary, and Jean Lipman. American Folk Painting. New York, 1966: 103.

1971

Bihalji-Merin, Oto. Naive Art: A History and Worldwide Survey. New York, 1971: color pl. 39.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 197, 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: 175-177, color repro. 176.

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