Horace Pippin, American, b. West Chester, Pennsylvania, 1888–1946 Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvasboard
Dimensions:
16 × 20 in. (40.5 × 50.8 cm)
Type:
Painting
Date:
1940
Provenance:
Robert Carlen Galleries, Philadelphia, 1940
Mrs. E. B. Estabrook*, acquired in 1940 [see unpublished catalogue of Pippin's Works, Robert Carlen Papers, Box 6, Miscellaneous Inventories, Archives of American Art, 1940 Bignou Gallery exhibition catalogue and 1941 Carlen Galleries exhibition catalogue]
[Haynes Art Gallery]??**
Robert Carlen Galleries, Philadelphia, to1947
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, by September 1947 - May 17, 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
*photocopies of inventories from Carlen Papers in Collection Archive
** A label from the back of the painting indicates that the painting was the "Property of the Haynes Art Gallery" but this information requires further verification. According to entries in RLG, the Haynes Art Gallery was/is an auction house in Toronto, Canada.
JZ, 2/5/2001
Exhibition History:
BIGNOU GALLERY, New York. "Paintings by Horace Pippin," 30 September-12 October 1940, no. 20 ["sold" annotation in Carlen Papers copy of catalog].
CARLEN GALLERIES, Philadelphia. "Recent Paintings by Horace Pippin," 21 March-20 April 1941, no. 4 ["Acquired by Mrs. E. Burk Estabrook"].
M. KNOEDLER & CO., New York. "Memorial Exhibition: Horace Pippin, 1888-1946," 29 September-11 October 1947, no. 7 ["Birmingham Meeting House II, Collection of J. H. Hirshhorn, New York City"].
NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA, Ottawa. "Some American Paintings from the Collection of Joseph H. Hirshhorn," 10-31 January 1957, no. 60. Tour: MONTREAL MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, 20-31 March; ART GALLERY OF TORONTO, 12 April-26 May; STRATFORD ARENA, Ontario, 1 July-31 August; WINNIPEG ART GALLERY, Manitoba, 6 October-3 November.
NEWARK MUSEUM, New Jersey. "Black Artists: Two Generations," 12 May-27 June 1971, no. 24, ill.
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "Inaugural Exhibition," 4 October 1974-15 September 1975, p. 734, ill. 461.
HUB GALLERY, Pennsylvania State University, University Park. "Two Pennsylvania Artists: Henry O. Tanner and Horace Pippin," 13 April-10 May 1980, no. 8.
SETAGAYA ART MUSEUM, Tokyo. "Naivety in Art," 29 March-15 June 1986. Tour: TOCHIGI PREFECTURAL MUSEUM OF FINE ART, 28 June-3 August.
CHESTER COUNTY HISTORICAL SOCIETY, Pennsylvania. "Horace Pippin: A Chester County Artist," 30 January-12 June 1988.
PENNSYLVANIA ACADEMY OF FINE ART, Philadelphia. "I Tell My Heart: The Art of Horace Pippin," 24 January-17 April 1994, cat no. 70, color ill. p. 90. Tour: ART INSTITUTE OF CHICAGO, 28 April-10 July; CINCINNATI ART MUSEUM, 28 July-9 October; BALTIMORE MUSEUM OF ART, 26 October 1994-1 January 1995 (did not tour to Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York).
THE BRANDYWINE RIVER MUSEUM OF ART, Chaddsford, PA. "Horace Pippin: The Way I See It," 25 April - 19 July 2015, no. 33, color ill. pg. 123.
Published References:
UNSIGNED. "'No Holds Barred' in Pippin Paintings," Philadelphia Record (23 March 1941), Art Section, p. 8.
UNSIGNED. "Negro Primitive Finds Peace After War," Art Digest 15 (1 October 1940), p. 7.
AYRE, ROBERT. "Art Notes: The Hirshhorn Collection," Montreal Star (23 March 1957), p. 27.
LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974), p. 734, ill. 461.
HARTIGAN, LYNDA ROSCOE. "Horace Pippin's American Universe," Antiques 145 (January 1994), ill. p. 182.
MONAHAN, ANNE. Horace Pippin, American Modern (New Haven and London: Yale University Press, 2020), fig. 66 (color).
AQUIN, STEPHANE, et al. Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden: The Collection (New York: DelMonico Books, 2022), pl. 64, p. 84.
Credit Line:
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
