The Trotter, c. 1860

Inscription

on banner: POIN[T] BREEZE [PAR]K ASSOCIATION.

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Purchased in 1950 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Exhibition History

1954

American Primitive Painting, traveling exhibition organized by the Smithsonian Inst. for the U.S. Information Service, Washington, 1954-1955, (not included in cat). First venue: Kunstmuseum, Lucerne, Switzerland.

1958

American Folk Art. Part of American Art. Four Exhibitions, Brussels Universal and International Exhibition, Belgium, 1958, no. 93, 49, as by Unknown.

1962

Exhibition of Early American Art, Academy of the Arts, Talbot County Historical Society, Easton, Maryland, 1962, no. 27.

1967

National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 13.

1971

Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Vienna, Austria, 1971-1978.

1978

The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1980

Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Lisbon, Portugal, 1980-1982.

1985

Extended loan for use by Ambassador Walter Cutler, U.S. Embassy residence, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, 1985-1987.

1989

Extended loan for use by Vice President and Mrs. Dan Quayle, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1989-1993.

1993

Extended loan for use by Ambassador James Blanchard, U.S. Embassy residence, Ottawa, Canada, 1993-1996.

2005

Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Nicholson, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 70, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 178, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 207, 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: 215-218, repro. 216.

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