After the Wedding in Warren, Pennsylvania

after 1916/1920

American 20th Century

Associated Names
American 20th Century

Painter

This painting shows an aerial view of a busy village scene. There are various visible structures, with a high horizon line above green hills separating the village from the blue and white sky. In the top left corner is a large yellow industrial building with a dark roof and tall chimneys emitting smoke above a canal crossed by an arched stone bridge in the center. Beyond the bridge are rolling hills with white houses and small animals grazing. Closer to us, people in bright clothing can be seen engaging in activities, riding in carriages, talking with one another, and walking. Many of them are lined up by a black train on the left side, with a woman partially visible in a pink compartment. Other people walk down a wide brown road to the right of center, and on the right people play and dance on a green lawn or pick flowers. The people are dressed in shades of yellow, green, pink, red, and blue, and they all appear to have light skin.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Pennsylvania. (David David Gallery, Philadelphia), by whom sold in 1964 to (Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York), by whom sold in 1965 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; by bequest to NGA, 1980.

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Exhibition History

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. 101, repro. First venue: Grand Palais, Paris.

1971

  • What is American in American Art, M. Knoedler and Co. [benefit exhibition for the Museum of American Folk Art], New York, 1971, no. 63, repro.

1985

  • Two Centuries of Naive Painting, Terra Museum of American Art, Evanston, 1985, no cat.

1988

  • Extended loan for use by Ambassador Thomas C. Ferguson, U.S. Embassy residence, Bandar Seri Begawan, Brunei, 1988-1989.

1993

  • American Art from the Gilded Age: Paintings and Photographs. 100th Birthday Celebration, The Admiralty House, 1883-1993, Vice President's House, Washington, D.C., 1993-1994, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

1994

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Richard Riley, U.S. Department of Education, Washington, D.C., 1994-1998.

2001

  • Extended loan for use by Secretary Mel Martinez, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, Washington, D.C., 2001-2005.

2008

  • Wedded Bliss: The Marriage of Art and Ceremony, Peabody Essex Museum, Salem, 2008, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Bibliography

1964

  • Selections from the Collection of Hirschl and Adler Galleries. Exh. cat. Hirschl and Adler Galleries, New York, 1964-1965: 6: color pl. 32, and cover.

1969

  • Black, Mary C. "Collectors: Edgar and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch." Art in America 57 (May-June 1969): 48-59, color repro.

1985

  • Klaw, Barbara. "A Wedding Album." American Heritage 36 (June-July 1985): 82-89, color 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: 399-400, repro. 400.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 386, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20191970

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