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The Peaceable Kingdom
by Edward Hicks
Exhibition history
Primitive Art and Folk Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 15-May 15, 1951). In Memoriam: Leonard C. Hanna, Jr.. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (March 4-April 7, 1958). Works of Edward Hicks. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, VA, Williamsburg, VA (organizer) (September 1-October 31, 1960). Four Pennsylvania Self-Taught Artists: Edward Hicks, Joseph Pickett, John Kane, Horace Pippin. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA (organizer) (October 21-December 4, 1966); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (January 6-February 19, 1967). The Hand and the Spirit: Religious Art in America 1700 - 1900. University of California, Berkeley. University Art Museum, Berkeley, CA (organizer) (June 28-August 27, 1972); National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, DC (September 29-November 15, 1972); The Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, TX (December 10, 1972-January 14, 1973); Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, Indianapolis, IN (February 20-April 15, 1973). The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks. Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center, Williamsburg, VA (February 5-September 5, 1999); Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA (October 10, 1999-January 2, 2000); Denver Art Museum, Denver, CO (February 5-April 30, 2000); Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY (June 3-September 4, 2000); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, de Young Museum, San Francisco, CA (September 24, 2000-January 7, 2001).
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Edward Hicks (American, 1780–1849)
- Date
- c. 1816–18
- Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Unframed: 47.6 x 59.7 cm (18 3/4 x 23 1/2 in.)
- Type
- Painting
- Classification
- Painting
- Department
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Credit line
- Gift of the Hanna Fund
- Accession no.
- 1945.38
Provenance
Hayhurst Family, Lambertville, NJ; Lewis's Antique Shop (Lewis Steinberg and David Y. Ellinger), Hatboro, PA [dealer]; John E. Abbott, New York, NY; Edith Gregor Halpert (The Downtown Gallery), New York, NY [dealer]; Valentine Galleries, New York, NY [dealer]
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