Slate, Pipe, Tobacco, and Box of Matches, c. 1890/1900

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 65

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

framed: 24 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (62.87 x 45.09 cm)
unframed: 24 3/4 x 17 3/4 in. (62.87 x 45.09 cm)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase in honor of Edward J. Nygren)

Accession Number

2015.19.195

Artists / Makers

Peter McCallion (painter) American, active 1890 - 1900

Image Use

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Provenance

Possibly (Richard York Gallery, New York).[1] (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York); purchased 1989 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art.

[1] A label with the gallery's name is on the back of the painting.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art
Hirschl & Adler Galleries
York Gallery, Richard

Exhibition History

1988: Variations on a Theme: Still Life Painting in America, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1988, no. 40.

2014: Peindre l'Amérique: Les artistes du Nouveau Monde, 1830-1900, Fondation de l'Hermitage, Lausanne, 27 July - 26 October 2014.

Bibliography

2011: Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 308, repro.