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Bringing Home the Cow
Artist
George Fuller
(American 1822–1884)
Date1883
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsOverall: 29 3/4 x 50 3/16 in. (75.6 x 127.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Robert Schoelkopf
Object number2001.20
Collections
ClassificationsPainting
Object NamePainting
DepartmentPermanent Collection
CultureNorth American
NationalityAmerican
On View
Not on viewCentury
- Nineteenth
Signedbottom left: G. Fuller
Inscribedverso bottom center: 19 [symbol] 22 / A Roh. Shop Inc / R. G. M. M. Vose / Boston; verso bottom right: 3020; plaque attached to frame bottom center: Driving Home the Cow / GEORGE FULLER / 1822 - 1884
Exhibition HistoryMemorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, April 24 - May 13, 1884 (with the title Landscape with Figure); Exhibition of Works by George Fuller, Williams and Everett Gallery, Boston, March 1884 (with the title Landscape with Figure);ProvenanceEstate of the Artist
John H. Mason, Providence, Rhode Island, purchased from estate sale, May 9, 1884.
William Evans, unknown method and date of acquisition.
William K. Bixby, purchased from the William Evans collection, 1900.
Washington University, St. Louis, Missouri, gift from William Bixby, possibly in 1908 [the university's record says it was acquired from the Wm. K. Bixby American Art Acquisition Fund in 1908.]
Babcock Galleries, purchased from Washington University through Kende Auction House, May 1945.
M. Katz, purchased from Babcock Gallery, May 1945.
M. Knoedler, purchased from unknown person, perhaps M. Katz, October 10, 1946?
Babcock Gallery, listed in inventory December 23, 1946.
Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schoelkopf, unknown method and date of acquisition.
Palmer Museum of Art, gift from Mr. and Mrs. Robert Schoelkopf, December 12, 2001.