Tobacco Patch

Artist John Henry Twachtman American, 1853–1902

Datecirca 1895–99

MediumPastel on brown paper

Dimensionsoverall: 14 × 21 in. (35.6 × 53.3 cm)
frame: 23 × 28 7/8 × 2 in. (58.4 × 73.3 × 5.1 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LineGift of Mr. and Mrs. Fabius B. Pendleton in memory of Katherine Clark Pendleton Arrington

Object numberG.71.40.4

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Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1895–1899; collection of the artist. Katherine Pendelton Arrington (1873–1955), Warrenton, NC; estate of Katherine Pendelton Arrington, 1955; to niece and nephew, Mr. and Mrs. Fabius P. Pendelton, Raleigh, NC; given to NCMA, 1971.

Published References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 12, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1973), listed 46.

William H. Gerdts, “Like Dreams of Flowers,” in In the Sunlight: The Floral and Figurative Art of J. H. Twachtman (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 1989), 23, 33, illus. (color) fig. 14.
Exhibition HistoryChicago, IL, Dunbar Galleries, “Paintings and Art Objects,” May 19–[?], 1925, no. 1 (as Tobacco Plants).

Warrenton, NC, Warren County Memorial Library, “Art Exhibitions,” February 18–March 1, [1930s?].

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, “American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the NCMA,” Inaugural Exhibition, May 16–June 27, 1976, cat. p. 31.

Chapel Hill, NC, University of North Carolina, Ackland Art Museum, "Cartier Soiree," January 16–31, 1979.

Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, Changing Selections Gallery,“American Pastels and Watercolors,” January 31–April 15, 1990.
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