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William W. Welch
by Sheldon Peck
Provenance
Gene King, southern IL, before 1973; Mr. and Mrs. William F. Carr, Chicago, 1973-c. 1990; Frank and Barbara Pollock, Highland Park, IL, 1990; sold to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1990.
Inscriptions
Signed, middle left: "Wm. W. Welch / Born AD 1777"
Exhibition history
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Sheldon Peck, Aug. 8–Oct. 5, 1975, cat. 22; Williamsburg, VA, Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Collection, Oct. 12–Dec. 1, 1975; Utica, NY, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Dec. 14, 1975–Feb. 8, 1976; Michigan, Flint Institute of Arts, Feb. 26–Apr. 4, 1976; Springfield, Illinois State Museum, Apr. 26–May 30, 1976.
Publications
Marianne E. Balazs, Sheldon Peck, exh. cat. (Whitney Museum of American Art, 1975), cat. 22. The Magazine Antiques (January, 1990), 281 (ill.). Annual Report (Art Institute of Chicago, 1990), 14 (ill.).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Sheldon Peck / American, 1797–1868
- Date
- c. 1837
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 64.8 × 54.6 cm (25 1/2 × 21 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- painting
- Style
- Folk Art
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Arts of the Americas
- Credit line
- Juli and David Grainger Fund
- Accession no.
- 1990.100.1
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