The Connecticut Valley, mid 19th century

Provenance

Recorded as from the Hudson River Valley, New York. Purchased in 1949 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.

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. 80.

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.

1968

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Columbus, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 7.

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 exhibiton by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 17, 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. 17, repro.

2010

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

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 38, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 127, repro.

1981

Jaros, Sheree. "The View from Mt. Holyoke." In Arcadian Vales: Views of the Connecticut River Valley. Exh. cat. George Walter Vincent Smith Museum, Springfield, Massachusetts, 1981: 58-59.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 137, 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: 49-50, color repro. 50.

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