Alsa Slade, 1816

Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, photograph in object file [1953.5.53] in NGA curatorial records): ALCE SLADE AGED 49 YEARS AD 1816

Provenance

Recorded as from New York State. Possibly once located in the Red, White, and Blue House built by Benjamin Slade, son of Joseph and Alsa Slade, in Waterford, New York.[1] Found in Lansingburgh (now part of Troy), New York, by (Frederick Fuessenich, Litchfield, Connecticut); sold 1952 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1953 to NGA.

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. 40, as Alice Slade.

1955

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

1957

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957.

1958

Rediscovered Painters of Upstate New York, traveling exhibition circulated by New York State Historical Association, Cooperstown, 1958-1959, no. 12, as Alice Slade by The Border Limner.

1961

101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1961-1964, no. 38, repro., as Alice Slade. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

1965

Ammi Phillips, 1788-1865, Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1965-1966, special issue of Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 30 (October 1965), 100, 117, no. 35.

1966

American Folk Painting and Sculpture, Museum of Early American Folk Arts (now Museum of American Folk Art), held at Time-Life Exhibit Center, New York, 1966, no cat.

1967

Fifty Masterpieces of American Primitive 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. 34, 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.

1975

The World of Franklin and Jefferson, traveling exhibition circulated by the American Revolution Bicentennial Administration, 6 venues (Paris, Warsaw, London, New York, Chicago, Los Angeles), 1975-1977, not included in cat.

1978

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

1985

American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 48, color repro. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, New York.

1988

La Nascita di Una Nazione: Pittori americani dalla National Gallery of Art di Washington 1730-1880, Palazzo Pepoli Campogrande, Bologna; Galleria Internazionale d'Arte Moderna di Ca'Pesaro, Venice, 1988-1989, no. 48, repro.

1994

Revisiting Ammi Phillips: Fifty Years of American Portraiture, Museum of American Folk Art, New York; San Diego Museum of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, 1994, plate X.

2006

White on White (and a little grey), American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2006, no cat.

Bibliography

1966

Warren, William Lamson. "Ammi Phillips, A Critique." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 31 (January 1966): 8, 13.

1969

Holdridge, Barbara C., and Lawrence B. Holdridge. "Ammi Phillips: Portrait Painter 1788-1865." Exh. cat. Museum of American Folk Art, New York, 1969: 12, 41, 46.

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 88, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 209, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 260, 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: 272-273, color repro. 274.

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