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A. Hashagen

Ship "Arkansas" Leaving Havana, 1847

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Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 57.5 x 72.7 cm (22 5/8 x 28 5/8 in.)

framed: 61.6 x 78.7 x 4.7 cm (24 1/4 x 31 x 1 7/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1956.13.4

Artists / Makers

A. Hashagen (artist) American, active 1847

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Inscription

lower right of image: A. HASHAGEN.; across bottom: Ship Arkansas Capt Nehemiah Laribee. Left the Port Havana. MAY 1847.; on banner of foreground ship: ARKANSAS; on banner of distant ship on left: RUSSIA; on ship in left foreground: CUBA

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. Purchased by 1956 by Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch;[1] gift to NGA, 1956.

[1] The Garbisch records do not state from whom or when they purchased the painting. Their usual accession number, indicating year of acquisition, is here replaced by "N66." On the back of a photograph of the painting in NGA curatorial files, a penciled note indicates that the painting was purchased "from N66."

Associated Names

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

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. 93.

1968: The American Primitive Paintings Exhibit, organized by the Triton Museum of Art, Santa Clara, California, for de Saisset Art Gallery, Universtiy of Santa Clara, 1968.

1970: Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1970-1973.

1974: Loan for display with permanent collection, Mobile Art Gallery, Alabama, 1974-1975.

1976: Loan for display with permanent collection, Utah Museum of Fine Arts, The University of Utah, Salt Lake City, 1976-1982.

1986: Extended loan for use by the White House Preservation Office in the ceremonial office of the Vice President, Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1986-1997.

1997: Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Albert Gore, Jr., Old Executive Office Building, Washington, D.C., 1997-2001.

2001: Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of Vice President Richard B. Cheney, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly Old Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 2001-2007; 2008-2009.

2012: Extended loan for display in the ceremonial office of the Vice President, Dwight D. Eisenhower Executive Office Building (formerly Old Executive Office Building), Washington, D.C., 2012-

Bibliography

1970: American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 64, repro.

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 171, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 195, 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: 173-175, repro. 174.