The Taj Mahal, c. 1860/1880

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (Robert Schuyler Tompkins, Sheffield, Massachusetts), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1978.

Exhibition History

1958

American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Springfield Art Museum, Missouri, 1958, no cat.

1980

Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C., 1980-1981.

1984

Erastus Salisbury Field: 1805-1900, traveling exhibition, 1984-1985, no. 96, fig. 53, (cat. by Mary C. Black). First venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts.

1985

American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 28, 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. 28, repro.

Bibliography

1963

Black, Mary C. Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900. Exh. cat, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Va., 1963: part 18.

1963

French, Reginald F., and Agnes M. Dods. "Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 28 (October 1963): 126, 228 (includes their "Checklist of Paintings attributed to E. S. Field").

1966

Black, Mary C. "Rediscovery: Erastus Salisbury Field." Art in America 54 (January-February, 1966): 55.

1976

Bishop, Robert C. The Borden Limner and His Contemporaries. Ann Arbor, Michigan, 1975: 65, 67.

1980

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 161, repro.

1992

American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 181, 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: 131-132, repro. 132.

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