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Balis, Calvin,
Portrait group -- Family
Dress -- Accessory
Primitive
Painting
American Madonna and Child, (painting).
Artist:
Unknown, painter.
Balis, Calvin, b. 1817, painter. (formerly attributed to)
Title:
American Madonna and Child, (painting).
Dates:
ca. 1845.
Medium:
Oil on canvas.
Dimensions:
27 1/2 x 22 1/8 in. (69.9 x 56.3 cm)
Inscription:
(On verso, as stencil:) Prepared/By/Hollis & Wheeler/59 Union St./Boston Mass
Description:
Portrait of a mother holding a child. The woman wears a necklace, brooch and ring. A landscape is seen out the window at right.
Subject:
Portrait group -- Family -- Mother & Child
Dress -- Accessory -- Jewelry
Primitive
Object Type:
Painting
Owner:
New York State Historical Association, Lake Road, Route 80, Cooperstown, New York 13326 Accession Number: N-297.61
Provenance:
Formerly in the collection of Gunn, William J., Mr. & Mrs., Newtonville, Massachusetts
Allis, Mary, Fairfield, Connecticut
Clark, Stephen C., Sr., Cooperstown, New York
Remarks:
Clarion checklist (Fall 1984) lists painting as attributed to Calvin Balis.
References:
New York State Historical Association, 1974, 1988.
D'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Evans, "Folk art's many faces: portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, N.Y.: The Association, 1987, no. 144.
Checklist, Clarion, Fall 1984, P.61.
Illustration:
Image on file.
D'Ambrosio, Paul S. and Charlotte M. Evans, "Folk art's many faces: portraits in the New York State Historical Association," Cooperstown, N.Y.: The Association, 1987, pg. 202.
Jones, Agnes Halsey and Louis C. Jones, "New-found folk art of the young Republic," Cooperstown, NY: New York State Historical Association, 1960, pl. 40.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAP 34070244
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