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Erastus Salisbury Field

Ark of the Covenant, c. 1865/1880

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 50.8 x 61.3 cm (20 x 24 1/8 in.)

framed: 63.8 x 74 x 5.7 cm (25 1/8 x 29 1/8 x 2 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.3

Artists / Makers

Erastus Salisbury Field (artist) American, 1805 - 1900

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Provenance

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

Associated Names

Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

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. 86.

1955: American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.

1957: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part II, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1957.

1963: Erastus Salisbury Field 1805-1900, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, Virginia, 1963, no. 110.

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

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1984: Erastus Salisbury Field: 1908-1900, traveling exhibition, 1984-1985, 51, no. 93, fig. 50 (cat. by Mary C. Black). First venue: Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts.

1998: American Light: Selections from the National Gallery of Art, Art Museum of Western Virginia, Roanoke, 1998, no cat.

Bibliography

1963: Feld, Stuart P. "The Tradition of the Primitive Imagination--Denied." Antiques 83 (January 1963): 101.

1963: French, Reginald F., and Agnes M. Dods. "Erastus Salisbury Field, 1805-1900." Connecticut Historical Society Bulletin 28 (October 1963): 129, no. 254 (includes their "Checklist of Paintings attributed to E. S. Field").

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 58, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 158, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 182, 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: 133-134, repro. 134.

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