Object Details
Artist
Horace Pippin, American, b. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1888–1946
Provenance
Robert Carlen Galleries, Philadelphia
Leon C. Sunstein, Philadelphia, by 1947
Harris Goldstein, Philadelphia, by 1947-2 May 1956
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 2 May 1956, sale no. 1675, lot no. 59
Jane Wade Rosenberg, New York, 2-3 May 1956
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 3 May 1956-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Exhibition History
[CARLEN GALLERIES, Philadelphia. "Horace Pippin Exhibition," 29 January-18 February 1940, possibly one of burned wood panels, nos. 23-27?]
PHILADELPHIA ART ALLIANCE. "Horace Pippin Memorial Exhibition," 8 April-4 May 1947, no. 59 [Collection of Leon C. Sunstein, Philadelphia].
DELAWARE ART MUSEUM, WILMINGTON SOCIETY OF FINE ARTS. "Four Delaware Valley Primitives," 22 February-24 March 1974, no. 55.
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART. "Black American Artists: 1750-1950," 28 September 1976-21 August 1977. Tour: HIGH MUSEUM, Atlanta; DETROIT INSTITUTE OF ARTS; BROOKLYN MUSEUM OF ART.
MUSEUM OF AFRICAN AMERICAN LIFE AND CULTURE, Bishop College, Dallas. "Six Black Masters of American Art," 12 February-10 April 1983.
THE BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM OF ART, Chaddsford, PA. "Horace Pippin: The Way I See It," 25 April - 19 July 2015, no. 23, color ill. pg. 112.
Published References
PIERCE, PONCHITTA. "Black Art in America," Reader's Digest 112 (June 1978), colorplate.
STEIN, JUDITH, et al. I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin (Philadelphia: Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art, 1993), no. 60, p. 84.
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 63, p. 84.
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Date
(1940)
Accession Number
66.4070
Type
Painting
Medium
Oil with wood burning on wood
Dimensions
10 x 19 5/8 in. (25.2 x 49.7 cm)
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School
Outsider Art
Data Source
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
Link to Original Record
Record ID
hmsg_66.4070