The Barnyard, late 19th century

Inscription

lower right: A. E. ZELIFF

Provenance

Recorded as from New Jersey. (Valentine Gallery, New York), by whom sold in 1944 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Exhibition History

1955

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

1963

French, American, and Italian Review, Oklahoma Art Center, Oklahoma City, 1963, no. 52.

1967

American Painting, Art Resources Traveler (Artmobile), Illinois, 1967-1968.

1977

Extended loan for use by the Secretary, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1977-1980.

1981

American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 34 (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).

1984

Extended loan for use by Secretary Richard Lyng, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1984-1989.

1989

Extended loan for use by Secretary Clayton Yeutter, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1989-1991.

1999

Extended loan for use by Secretary Daniel R. Glickman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 1999-2001.

2015

Le Douanier Rousseau: L'innocence archaïque, Palazzo Ducale, Venice; Musée d'Orsay, Paris; Národní galerie v Praze, Prague, 2015-2017, not in catalogue (shown only in Venice).

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 124, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 262, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 385, 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: 397-399, color repro. 398.

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