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Susan C. Waters

Henry L. Wells, 1845

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 115 x 72 cm (45 1/4 x 28 3/8 in.)

framed: 114.9 x 85.4 x 5.1 cm (45 1/4 x 33 5/8 x 2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.8

Artists / Makers

Susan C. Waters (painter) American, 1823 - 1900

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Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, photograph in object file [1955.11.8] in NGA curatorial records): Henry L Wells / Ages 2 1/2 Years / Aug 1845

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. 96, as artist unkown.

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 3, as artist unkown.

1972: Loan for display with permanent collection, Georgia Museum of Art, University of Georgia, Athens, 1972-1974.

1978: The Folk Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna and Chenango River Valleys, Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, New York, 1978, no cat.

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 60, 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. 60, repro.

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 156, 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. 19. (& 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: 303, repro., as by Unknown American.

1982: Barons, Richard I. The Folk Tradition: Early Arts and Crafts of the Susquehanna Valley. Roberson Center for the Arts and Sciences, Binghamton, New York, 1982: no. 17.

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: 389-391, color repro. 390.