Inscription
lower left: c 1908 / Douglas Volk
Provenance
Alfred Seligman [d. 1912], New York; his son, Isaac Seligman [d. 1917], New York; presented by a member of his family to a War Relief Sale; purchased by (an unspecified dealer); the artist, Douglas Volk [1856-1935], New York; purchased 2 February 1918 by Thomas B. Clarke [1848-1931], New York; his estate; sold as part of the Clarke collection 29 January 1936, through (M. Knoedler & Co., New York), to The A. W. Mellon Educational and Charitable Trust, Pittsburgh; gift 1947 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1918
- [monthly exhibition], The Century Club, New York, 2 February 1918, no cat.
- 1943
- Extended loan for use by Blair House, Washington, D.C., 1943-(?)1952.
- 1952
- Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., (?)1952-1966.
- 1969
- Art in Miniature [International Philatelic Exhibition in conjunction with San Diego's 200th Anniversary], San Diego Community Concourse; Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, 1969, no cat.
- 1976
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Thomas S. Kleppe, U.S. Department of the Interior, Washington, D.C., 1976-1977.
- 1981
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Caspar W. Weinberger, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 1981-1987.
- 1987
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Frank Carlucci, U.S. Department of Defense, Washington, D.C., 1987-1989.
- 1990
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Jack Kemp, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1990-1993.
- 1993
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Henry Cisneros, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1993-1997.
- 1997
- Extended loan for use by Secretary Andrew Cuomo, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.
- 2001
- Extended loan for use by Administrator Christine Todd Whitman, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2001-2004.
- 2001
- Extended loan for use by Administrator Michael O. Leavitt in his office at the Environmental Protection Agency, 2004-2005.
- 2004
- Extended loan for use by Administrator Michael O. Leavitt, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005.
- 2005
- Extended loan for use by Administrator Stephen L. Johnson, Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, D.C., 2005-2009.
Bibliography
- 1927
- Lockman, De Witt M. "Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk, N.A." Unpublished typed transcript of an interview with the artist, not dated [1927], De Witt M. Lockman Papers, New-York Historical Society, microfilm 504, Archives of American Art, 24-25.
- 1940
- "Paintings of Stephen Arnold Douglas Volk." Lincoln Lore (10 June 1940): 1.
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 118, repro.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 253, repro.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 372, repro.
- 1998
- Torchia, Robert Wilson, with Deborah Chotner and Ellen G. Miles. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part II. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1998: 219-223, color repro.
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