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A.A. Lamb

Emancipation Proclamation, 1864 or after

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 82.5 x 137.2 cm (32 1/2 x 54 in.)

framed: 96.5 x 151 x 5.3 cm (38 x 59 7/16 x 2 1/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1955.11.10

Artists / Makers

A.A. Lamb (artist) American, active 1864 or after

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Inscription

lower right, on rock: A.A. Lamb.; formerly on reverse (photograph in object file [1955.11.10] in NGA curatorial records): EXHIBI[T] / [A]ND MEC / []

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Probably (Avis and Rockwell Gardner, Stamford, Connecticut),[1] by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1955.

[1] A dealer's note attached to an old snapshot of the painting (in NGA curatorial files) is annotated "Gardiner 6/26/49." Avis and Rockwell Gardiner is the only dealership by this name listed in Antiques issues of this period.

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Gardiner, Avis and Rockwell
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, 1954, no. 110.

1962: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1962-1989 (temporarily returned to NGA for in-house exhibition in honor of the inauguration, December 1980 - March 1981).

1989: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Walter Curley, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 1989-1994.

1993: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Madeleine Albright, Representative of the U.S. to the United Nations, office at the U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1993-1997.

1997: Extended loan for use by Secretary Madeleine Albright, U.S. Department of State, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2001: Extended loan for use by Secretary Ann Veneman, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005.

2005: Extended loan for use by Secretary Mike Nicholson, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2005-2007.

2007: Extended loan for use by Secretary James Peake, U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, Washington, D.C., 2007-2008.

Bibliography

1954: Barker, Virgil. "Colloquial History Painting." Art in America 42 (May 1954): 124.

1964: American Heritage 15 (April 1964): cover (color).

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 78, repro.

1975: Keyes, Donald D. and Lisa Taft. "David G. Blythe's Civil War Paintings." Antiques 108 (November 1975): 996, fig. 8.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 192, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 224, 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: 241-244, repro. 243.