Mammy
Artist
Julius Garibaldi (Gari) Melchers
American, 1860–1923
Date1923
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions20 x 14 in. (50.8 x 35.6 cm)
Frame: 27 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (69.8 x 55.2 x 7.3 cm)
Frame: 27 1/2 x 21 3/4 x 2 7/8 in. (69.8 x 55.2 x 7.3 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington
Object numberG.28.1.1
On View
Not on viewPublished ReferencesHenriette Lewis-Hind, Gari Melchers: Painter (New York: William Edwin Rudge, 1928), illus. (b-w) unpaginated (as Mammy, owned by Mrs. P. Arrington).
W.R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 27.
American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection (exhibition catalogue) (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), cat. no. 49, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (exhibition catalogue) (Asheville: Asheville Art Museum, 1976), listed (with artist's bio.) 20.
Richard S. Reid, "Gari Melchers: An American Artist in Virginia," Virginia Cavalcade 28 (Spring 1979), 155-171, illus. (b-w) 156.
Exhibition HistoryWarrenton, NC, Warren County Memorial Library, "Art Exhibition under the Auspices of the Women's Club of Warrenton, N. C.," February 18-March 1, 1929 (listed as Mammy and Child, lent by Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington).
Raleigh, NC, Sir Walter Hotel, (NC State Art Society gallery), 1929, no. 50 (as Mammy, "donated by Mrs. Katherine Pendleton Arrington").
Richmond, VA, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, "Gari Melchers: A Memorial Exhibition of His Work," January 17-February 28, 1938, no. 57, illus. (b-w) (as Mammy, lent by Mrs. Peter Arrington).
Raleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "American Paintings since 1900 from the Permanent Collection," April 1-23, 1967, cat. no. 49, illus.(b-w).
Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "American Paintings from the Permanent Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 16-June 27, 1976, listed (with artist's bio.) 20.
Raleigh, North Carolina Museum of Art, "Turn of the Century," July 6-November 3, 1985.
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