id:			143221
accession number:	1967.18
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1967.18
updated:		2024-03-26 01:59:19.072000

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
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creation date:			1856
creation date earliest:		1856
creation date latest:		1856
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creditline:			Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture:	America, 19th century
technique:	oil on canvas
department:	American Painting and Sculpture
collection:	American - Painting
type:		Painting
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CREATORS

* John Quidor (American, 1801–1881)  - artist

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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.)
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	inscription:	Signed lower center: "J. Quidor / N.Y. 1856"
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review: 1967
	opening date:   1967-11-29T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review: 1967</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

* {'description': 'New York, American Art Association, Hon. Thomas B. Carroll Sale (1895) cat. no. 321.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'Brooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Museum, Opening Exhibition (1897) cat. no. 551.', 'opening_date': None}

* {'description': 'New York, Anderson Galleries Henry T. Chapman Sale (1913) cat. no. 57.', 'opening_date': '1913-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1942-01-23T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Montclair, NJ, Montclair Art Museum, Art in New Jersey from 1776-1876 (1945) cat. no. 37.', 'opening_date': '1945-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1955-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'U.S.I.A. Tour of South America (1957-58) no. 7.', 'opening_date': '1957-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'U.S.I.A. Tour of Greece and Israel (1958) cat. no. 10, p. 9.', 'opening_date': '1958-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': 'Milwaukee, WI, Milwaukee Art Center, American Painting 1760-1960 (3 March-3 April1960) illus. p. 62.', 'opening_date': '1960-01-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1964-02-01T00:00:00'}

* {'description': '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.', 'opening_date': '1966-01-23T00:00:00'}

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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
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	The Cleveland Museum of Art. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969</em>. 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. <em>Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978</em>. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
	page number: 	Reproduced: p. 230
	url:		https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n250

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IMAGES

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