Boston and North Chungahochie Express, after 1916/1919

Not on View

Medium

oil or tempera on composition board

Dimensions

overall: 47.2 x 62.4 cm (18 9/16 x 24 9/16 in.)

framed: 59.7 x 74.9 x 8.8 cm (23 1/2 x 29 1/2 x 3 7/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1971.83.12

Artists / Makers

American 20th Century (artist)

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Inscription

on coal car: Boston and North / Chungahochie / I[N] [G]OD WE TR[UST]

Provenance

Recorded as from Massachusetts. (John Bihler and Henry Coger, Ashley Falls, Massachusetts), by whom sold in 1962 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1971.

Associated Names

Bihler and Henry Coger, John
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron

Exhibition History

1978: The American Folk Art Tradition: Paintings from the Garbisch Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978.

1981: Extended loan for use by Ambassador Maxwell M. Rabb, U.S. Embassy residence, Rome, Italy, 1981-1988.

Bibliography

1980: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 266, repro.

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 390, 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: 426-428, repro. 427.