id: 143221 accession number: 1967.18 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.18 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:21.027000 The Devil and Tom Walker, 1856. John Quidor (American, 1801–1881). Oil on canvas; framed: 84 x 104 x 8.5 cm (33 1/16 x 40 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.); unframed: 68.8 x 86.6 cm (27 1/16 x 34 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1967.18 title: The Devil and Tom Walker title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: 1856 creation date earliest: 1856 creation date latest: 1856 current location: creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund copyright: --- culture: America, 19th century technique: oil on canvas department: American Painting and Sculpture collection: American - Painting type: Painting find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS * John Quidor (American, 1801–1881) - artist --- measurements: Framed: 84 x 104 x 8.5 cm (33 1/16 x 40 15/16 x 3 3/8 in.); Unframed: 68.8 x 86.6 cm (27 1/16 x 34 1/8 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: inscription: Signed lower center: "J. Quidor / N.Y. 1856" translation: remark: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1967 opening date: 1967-11-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * New York, American Art Association, Hon. Thomas B. Carroll Sale (1895) cat. no. 321.
Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Museum, Opening Exhibition (1897) cat. no. 551.
New York, Anderson Galleries Henry T. Chapman Sale (1913) cat. no. 57.
Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, John Quidor, 1801-1881 (23 January-8 March 1942) listed cat. no. 12, p. 52 as Rip Van Winkle Reaches the Gnomes; not illus.
Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, Art in New Jersey from 1776-1876 (1945) cat. no. 37.
Detroit, MI, Detroit Institute of Arts, Collection in Progress: Selections from the Lawrence and Barbara Fleischman Collection of American Art (1955) illus. cat. no. 6, p. 12.
U.S.I.A. Tour of South America (1957-58) no. 7.
U.S.I.A. Tour of Greece and Israel (1958) cat. no. 10, p. 9.
Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Center, American Painting 1760-1960 (3 March-3 April1960) illus. p. 62.
Tucson, AZ, University of Arizona Art Gallery, Selections from the Lawrence A. and Barbara Fleischman Collection of American Painting 1765-1963 (1 February-29 March 1964) illus. cat. no. 82, illus. p. 66.
Utica, NY, Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, John Quidor (19 December 1965-January 23 1966); traveled to New York, Whitney Museum (2 November-5 December 1965); to Rochester, Rochester Memorial Art Gallery (6 February-6 March 1966); Albany, Albany Institute of History and Art (20 March-24 April 1966) illus. cat. no.13, p. 43; listed p. 42. --- PROVENANCE Thomas B. Carroll (New York sale 1895); Henry T. Chapman, (1895 New York sale 1913); Douthitt Gallery; Albert Duveen, New York, 1943; Joseph Katz, Baltimore; M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1954; L.A. Fleishman, Detroit; Kennedy Galleries, New York date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: wall description: An eccentric and cantankerous man, John Quidor achieved fame in his lifetime for paintings of banners and fire engines, none of which survive. Today he is remembered for a series of fantastic, grotesque paintings based on the stories of Washington Irving (1783-1859)-a series whose exuberant style differs from the general run of American genre paintings, which tend to be more understated in mood and realistic in style. The Devil and Tom Walker belongs to this curious group of works. It portrays a scene from Irving's Tales of a Traveler (1824), in which Tom Walker, who was "not a man to be troubled with any fears," encounters the Devil while on an evening outing. --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969. page number: Reproduced: p. 184 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n208 The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978. page number: Reproduced: p. 230 url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n250 --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.18/1967.18_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.18/1967.18_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1967.18/1967.18_full.tif