Skating Scene, c. 1835

Provenance

The artist [1815-1860]; his wife, Jane Suddarth Toole, North Garden, Virginia, 1860;[1] by inheritance to their daughter, Alice Toole Barnes [Mrs. Theodore Barnes], Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to her daughter, Mrs. Beulah Barnes Weaver, Washington, D.C.; by inheritance to her son, B. Woodruff Weaver, Washington, D.C.; sold 1955 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1958 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1957

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957, no. 66.

1962

101 Masterpieces of American Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, only shown at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1962, not in cat.

1968

The Artist and the Sportsman, The National Art Museum of Sport, Inc., Madison Square Garden Center Gallery of Art, New York, 1968, 78.

1971

Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1971-1987.

1971

What is American in American Art, M. Knoedler and Co. [benefit exhibition for the Museum of American Folk Art], New York, 1971, no. 35.

1972

Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1986-1992.

1987

In Pursuit of Sport, Brandywine River Musuem, Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania, 1987, no cat.

1988

Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1988-1992.

2006

Extended loan for use by Susan C. Schwab, U.S. Trade Representative, Washington, D.C., 2006-2008.

Bibliography

1970

American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 116, repro.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 249, repro.

1985

Rubin, Cynthia Elyce. Southern Folk Art. Birmingham, Alabama, 1985: 64, 69, 78.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 368, 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: 384-386, color repro. 385.

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