Overview
Inscription
on newspaper: Dai[ly]
Provenance
Recorded as from Massachusetts. (unknown antique dealer, Billerica, Massachusetts). (Vose Galleries, Boston); sold 1953 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift 1955 to NGA.
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. 89.
- 1955
- American Primitive Paintings, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1955.
- 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. 66, color repro. First venue: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, N.Y.
- 1967
- Fifty Masterpieces of American Primitive 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. 62, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.
- 1970
- American Naive Painting of the 18th and 19th Centuries: Masterpieces from the Collection of E.W. and B.C. Garbisch, organized by the Amer. Fed. of Arts, N.Y., and Mainichi News., Nihobashi Mitsukoshi, Tokyo, 1970, no cat.
- 1972
- American Primitive Painting, South Texas Artmobile, Corpus Christi, traveling exhibition by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1972-1973, no cat.
- 1974
- Extended loan for use by the Ambassador, U.S. Embassy residence, East Berlin, East Germany, 1974-1977.
- 1978
- The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.
- 1978
- The Animal Kingdom in Art, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, 1978.
- 1980
- Small Folk: A Celebration of Childhood in America, organized by Museum of American Folk Art, NGA loans shown at The New-York Historical Society, New York, 1980-1981, 129, no. 235, color repro. (cat. by Sandra Brant and Elissa Cullman).
- 1981
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, Illinois, 1981-1982, no. 2, color repro. on frontispiece (cat. by Ronald McKnight Melvin).
- 1985
- American Naive Paintings from the National Gallery of Art, traveling exh. by the International Exhibitions Foundation, Washington, 1985-1987, no. 4, 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. 4, repro.
- 2012
- Deacon Peckham's Hobby Horse, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2012, digital brochure, no. 9, repro.
Bibliography
- 1970
- American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 136, repro.
- 1979
- Johnson, Dale. "Deacon Robert Peckham: Delineator of the `Human Face Divine'." The American Art Journal 10 (January 1979): 31-33, 35-36.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 277, repro.
- 1988
- Luckey, Laura. "The Portraits of Robert Peckham." Antiques 134 (September 1988): 552-557.
- 1990
- Garrett, Elisabeth Donaghy. At Home: The American Family 1750-1870. New York, 1990: repro. 54.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 404, 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: 493-495, color repro. 494.
- 2012
- Parker, Lonnae O'Neal. "A 30-Year Ride on a Hobby Horse." The Washington Post 135, no. 230 (22 July 2012): E1, E6, color repro.
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