Portrait of a Family
Alternate TitleThe McGoldrick Family
Artist
Unknown
Formerly attributed to
Ethan Allen Greenwood
(American, 1779 - 1856)
Dateca. 1835
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 40 1/4 x 50 5/8 inches (102.24 x 128.59 cm)
Framed: 48 9/16 x 58 7/16 inches (123.35 x 148.43 cm)
Framed: 48 9/16 x 58 7/16 inches (123.35 x 148.43 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Edith Gregor Halpert
Object number56-88
SignedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionGroup portrait of half-length figures of father, left bonneted mother, right, both flanking full-length standing figure of pantalooned girl, center. Father's right arm rests at elbow on chair top, child holds orange in right hand, mother's right hand on child's right shoulder, left hand in lap. Draped window, right rear, with flowers in glass goblet on sill, mountainous view; wall, left.Published ReferencesDowntown Gallery Records, 1924–74, Archives of American Art,
Smithsonian Institution, microfilm reel 5559, frames 65–67 (as The
McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood), microfilm reel 5564, frame 1021 (as McGoldrick Family), microfi lm reel
5611, frame 599 (as The McGoldrick Family of New York attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); Edward Alden Jewell, “The
Naive and the Knowing,” New York Times, 8 September 1946, 8X
(as McGoldrick Family); Judith Kaye Reed, “Nostalgic Charm of
Native Primitives,” Art Digest 20 (15 September 1946), 7 (as The
McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); Masterpieces in American Folk Art, exh. cat. (New York: Downtown
Gallery, 1946), unpaginated (as The McGoldrick Family); “Local
Season Opens with Top Exhibitions,” New York World-Telegram,
14 September 1948, 23 (discussed as McGoldrick Family); A. L.,
“Family Portraits by Early Folk Painters,” Art Digest 22 (15 September 1948), 24 (as Unknown, The McGoldrick Family); “The
Art Season Begins: Galleries Here Plan Extensive Programs for
the Year 1948–49,” New York Sun, 17 September 1948, 24 (as
The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood);
The American Family: Folk Paintings, 1750–1850, exh. cat. (New
York: American Folk Art Gallery, 1948), unpaginated, cover (as
The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood);
NAMA 1973, 252 (as The McGoldrick Family attributed to
Ethan A. Greenwood); Ross E. Taggart, “American Paintings in the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri,” Antiques
122 (November 1982), 1029 (as The McGoldrich Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); James West Davidson, Nation of
Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1989), 1:446; NAMA 1991, 23–24 (as The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood).
Smithsonian Institution, microfilm reel 5559, frames 65–67 (as The
McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood), microfilm reel 5564, frame 1021 (as McGoldrick Family), microfi lm reel
5611, frame 599 (as The McGoldrick Family of New York attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); Edward Alden Jewell, “The
Naive and the Knowing,” New York Times, 8 September 1946, 8X
(as McGoldrick Family); Judith Kaye Reed, “Nostalgic Charm of
Native Primitives,” Art Digest 20 (15 September 1946), 7 (as The
McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); Masterpieces in American Folk Art, exh. cat. (New York: Downtown
Gallery, 1946), unpaginated (as The McGoldrick Family); “Local
Season Opens with Top Exhibitions,” New York World-Telegram,
14 September 1948, 23 (discussed as McGoldrick Family); A. L.,
“Family Portraits by Early Folk Painters,” Art Digest 22 (15 September 1948), 24 (as Unknown, The McGoldrick Family); “The
Art Season Begins: Galleries Here Plan Extensive Programs for
the Year 1948–49,” New York Sun, 17 September 1948, 24 (as
The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood);
The American Family: Folk Paintings, 1750–1850, exh. cat. (New
York: American Folk Art Gallery, 1948), unpaginated, cover (as
The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood);
NAMA 1973, 252 (as The McGoldrick Family attributed to
Ethan A. Greenwood); Ross E. Taggart, “American Paintings in the
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri,” Antiques
122 (November 1982), 1029 (as The McGoldrich Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood); James West Davidson, Nation of
Nations: A Narrative History of the American Republic (New York:
McGraw-Hill, 1989), 1:446; NAMA 1991, 23–24 (as The McGoldrick Family attributed to Ethan Allen Greenwood).
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