Fruit and Baltimore Oriole, 1858

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 63

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 56 x 72.1 cm (22 1/16 x 28 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1980.62.47

Artists / Makers

Wagguno (artist) American, active 1858

Image Use

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Overview

Information on this painting can be found in the Gallery publication American Naive Paintings, pages 386-388, which is available as a free PDF https://www.nga.gov/content/dam/ngaweb/research/publications/pdfs/American%20Naive%20Painting.pdf

Inscription

on reverse (no longer visible, recorded in donor records but no known photograph): Painted by Wagguno, 1858

Provenance

Recorded as from Lambertville, New Jersey. (Edgar H. Sittig, Shawnee-on-Delaware, Pennsylvania), by whom sold in 1950 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

Associated Names

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

Exhibition History

1954: American Primitive Painting from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Part I, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1954, no. 10.

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. 89, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1970: The New World: 1620-1970, Chrysler Art Museum, Provincetown, Massachusetts, 1970, no. 18.

1985: American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Exh. cat. Traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 59, color frontispiece. First venue: Museum of American Folk Art, N.Y.

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. 59, repro.

Bibliography

1974: Neumeyer, Alfred. Geschichte der Amerikanischen Malerei. Munich, 1974: 145, fig. 148.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 372, 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: 386-388, color repro. 387.