Inscription
lower right: Eugene Vail
Provenance
The artist [1857-1934]; his wife, Gertrude Mauran Vail, until 1948; on deposit with the National Collection of Fine Arts (now National Museum of American Art), Washington, D.C., 1948-1973; gift 1973 to NGA.
Exhibition History
- 1937
- Exposition Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, June 1937, no. 24, as St. Marc - Jour de Fête.
- 1937
- Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, November 1937, no. 17, as St. Marks [sic] - Venice.
- 1938
- Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Lawrence Vail, Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts, 1938.
- 1939
- Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, American Fine Arts Society Galleries, New York, January-February 1939, no. 19, as St. Marks [sic] - Fete [sic] Day - Study.
- 1939
- Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Providence Art Club, Rhode Island, March 1939, no. 46, as San Marco.
- 1940
- Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, L.D.M. Sweat Memorial Art Museum, Portland, Maine, 1940-1941, no. 9, as San Marco, Fete [sic] Day.
- 1940
- Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, Wilmington Society of the Fine Arts, Delaware Art Center, March 1940, no. 21, as San Marco, Fête Day.
- 1940
- Memorial Exhibition of Paintings by Eugene Vail, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., January 1940, no. 11, as San Marco - Fete [sic] Day.
- 1940
- Possibly Paintings by the late Eugene Vail, Currier Gallery of Art, Manchester, New Hampshire, November 1940, no cat.
- 1941
- Eugene Vail, 1857-1934, Exhibition of Paintings, The Art Association of Newport, Rhode Island, 1941, no. 44, as San Marco - Fête Day.
- 1953
- Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1953-1963.
- 1972
- Extended loan for use in Chief Justice Rehnquist's chambers, 1984-2002.
- 1974
- Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1974-1982.
- 1984
- Extended loan for use by The Supreme Court of the United States of America, Washington, D.C., 1984-
Bibliography
- 1937
- Cann, Louise Gebhard. Untitled essay. In Exposition Eugene Vail. Exh. cat. Galerie Jean Charpentier, Paris, 1937: 17.
- 1937
- Providence Sunday Journal, 31 October 1937: not paginated.
- 1939
- Cortissoz, Royal. Exhibition review. New York Tribune, 29 January 1939: 8.
- 1940
- Portland Sunday Telegram and Sunday Press Herald, Maine, 8 December 1940: not paginated.
- 1980
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 252, repro.
- 1992
- American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 371, 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: 207-209, color repro.
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