The Herbert Children, 1857

Inscription

lower left: L. Sachs / 1857

Provenance

Descended in the Herbert family, New Jersey. (Edith Gregor Halpert, Downtown Gallery, New York, 1945), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

Exhibition History

1945

American Art 1945, Downtown Gallery, New York, 1945, no. 31, as The Herbert Children of Toms River.

1954

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 105.

1963

Toys and Amusements, Museum of Early American Folk Arts (now Museum of American Folk Art), New York, 1963-1964, no cat.

1968

The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, University of Santa Clara, 1968.

1975

American Folk Art: Tour in the Arkansas Artmobile Bicentennial Exhibition, traveling exhibition organized by the Arkansas Arts Center, Little Rock, 1975-1976, no cat.

1986

Toys in the Life of the Early American Child, The Taft Museum, Cincinnati, 1986-1987, no cat.

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 94, repro.

1970

Mendelowitz, Daniel M. A History of American Art. 2nd ed. New York, 1970: 285-286.

1976

Schorsch, Anita. Mourning Becomes America: Mourning Art in the New Nation. Exh. cat. William Penn Memorial Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, 1976: color pl. 5.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 217, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 330, 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: 332, color repro. 333.

1996

Bodenbach, Hans Joachim. "Der Maler (und Fotograf) Lambert Sachs aus Mannheim (1818-1903) un seine Beziehungen zu Offenburg." Die Ortenau 1996:578

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