Portrait of a Woman, c. 1845

Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. (Thomas D. Williams, Litchfield, Connecticut), by whom sold in 1951 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1967.

Exhibition History

1961

101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 69, color repro., as by Unknown. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.

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. 65. 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.

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 100, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 222, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 337, 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: 355, 358, repro. 357.

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