Brothers, c. 1845

Provenance

Recorded as from central New York State. Purchased in 1952 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1956.

Exhibition History

1968

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

1974

Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, East Berlin, East Germany, 1974-1977.

1982

Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, Stockholm, Sweden, 1982-1986.

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: 128, repro., as by Unknown American.

1979

Heslip, Colleen Cowles. Mrs. Susan C. Waters, 19th-Century Itinerant Painter. Exh. cat. Bedford Gallery, Longwood Fine Arts Center, Longwood College, Virginia, 1979-1980: no. 22. (& biographical info.).

1979

Heslip, Colleen Cowles. "Susan C. Waters." Antiques 155 (April 1979): 769-777.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 268, repro., as by Unknown American.

1985

American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1985: 27.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 374, 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: 391-393, color repro. 392.

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