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Joseph Whiting Stock

Baby in Wicker Basket, c. 1840

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 77.4 x 66.3 cm (30 1/2 x 26 1/8 in.)

framed: 94.3 x 83.3 x 8.9 cm (37 1/8 x 32 13/16 x 3 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.23

Artists / Makers

Joseph Whiting Stock (artist) American, 1815 - 1855

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Provenance

Recorded as from "New York City,...but originated in Massachusetts."[1] (Springfield, Massachusetts, dealer [probably Peter Kostoff], May 1940); by whom sold to (Downtown Gallery, New York, 1940), by whom sold in 1949 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

[1] Garbisch records, in the NGA curatorial file.

Associated Names

Downtown Gallery
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unidentified dealer
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1940: Opening Exhibition, Downtown Gallery, New York, 1940, no cat.

1942: Inter-American Folk Arts, Downtown Gallery, New York, 1942-1943, no cat.

1943: American Primitive Painting of Four Centuries, Arts Club of Chicago, 1943, no. 29.

1948: The American Family: Folk Paintings 1750-1850, Downtown Gallery, New York, 1948, no. 8.

1951: American Primitive Painting 1750-1950, Milwaukee Art Institute, 1951, no. 3.

1954: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 88.

1961: 101 Masterpieces of American Primitive Painting from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by the Amer. Federation of Arts, New York, 1961-1964, no. 58, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitna Museum of Art, N.Y.

1967: Fifty Masterpieces of American Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Society of the Four Arts, Palm Beach, Florida, 1967, no cat.

1968: American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: 111 Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, traveling exh. by Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., 1968-1970, no. 63, repro, First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 56, 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. 56, repro.

2019: Edith Halpert: The Downtown Gallery and the Rise of American Art, Jewish Museum, New York, New York, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1980: Brant, Sandra, and Elissa Cullman. Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America. New York, 1980: 71.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 343, 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: 374, repro. 375.