The Truants by Joshua Shaw https://www.nga.gov/artworks/177862-truants
on view Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia
on view Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance (Robert Carlen, Philadelphia
This group portrait represents George Washington’s military, political, and family life. The president, in a Revolutionary War uniform, rests his hand on a plan for Washington, DC, the site for the new US capital.
Clarke, Exh. cat., Philadelphia Museum of Art, 1928, annotated with information from
1980 [2] Alain Locke, "Horace Pippin," in Horace Pippin Memorial Exhibition (Philadelphia
George Luks was born in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in 1866 to a lively and cultured family. Luks’s father, a multilingual doctor, emigrated from Poland;
alter ego, the boxer “Chicago Whitey.� In the early 1890s, Luks worked in Philadelphia
Artwork history & notes Artwork History Provenance The artist; to Ruth Fine, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 239); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 17 January 1949, lot 170); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 314); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia
Other Venues: Cleveland Detroit Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia
Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 18 January 1949, lot 305); (Charles Sessler, Philadelphia