Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, "Recorders, Deceivers and Dreamers," January 22-February 28, 1965, 1965, no. 91; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, "American Primitives," December 1969, no. 147.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1965; Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1969; Robert M. Hicklin, Jr., Spartanburg, South Carolina, 1980; Dr. and Mrs. Edward Hoffman, Baltimore; Northeast Auctions, 1993; Private collection, Queenstown, Maryland.
Lined canvas. Under UV exam, there appear to be scattered spots of inpaint throughout, with the most prominent including: 12 inch vertical line following the left side stretcher bar line; 2 inch circular area in the child's forehead at right; 2 inch vertical line in the woman's nose; and finley applied lines of inapint in the face's addressing craquelure. Scattered craquelure throughout. Discolored varnish.
Framed Dimensions 30.5 X 26 Inches