The Organ Grinder

Artist William Morgan American, born Great Britain, 1826–1900

Datecirca 1865–1875

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensions18 x 26 in. (45.7 x 66 cm)
Frame: 22 3/8 x 30 3/8 x 2 3/4 in. (56.8 x 77.2 x 7 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.24

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Provenance**Created United States, ca. 1865–1875; collection of the artist. [John Levy Galleries, New York, by 1944]; sold to NCMA, 1952.Published ReferencesEdgar P. Richardson, American Romantic Painting (New York: E. Weyhe, 1944), listed no. 195 (p. 41), illus. (b-w) (listed as The Hurdy-Gurdy Man and owned by John Levy Galleries).

W.R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 28.

"The Good & Bad Old Days," (review of "A Hundred Years Ago" exhibition) Time 74 (November 2, 1959) noted 68.

American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 44, illus. (b-w).

American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 28.

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.) 22, illus. (b-w) 23.
Exhibition HistoryAmerican Federation of Arts, "A Hundred Years Ago," traveling exhibition, November 1958-November 1959, no. [ ].

Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7-October 19, 1975, no. 28.

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.) 22, illus. (b-w) 23.

North Wilkesboro, NC, Wilkes Art Gallery, "American Landscapes from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 18-April 5, 1988.

Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Bicentennial/Bicentennial: American Paintings and Audubon Prints from the North Carolina Museum of Art," October 29-December 3, 1989.

Asheville, NC, Asheville Art Museum, "Nineteenth and Twentieth Century American Paintings from the North Carolina Museum of Art," March 5-April 28, 1991.

Lexington, NC, Davidson County Art Guild, "(American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art)," April 1992. Object Rights Statement

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