Emma Van Name

Painting by Joshua Johnson

Emma Van Name

Little Girl in Pink With a Goblet Filled With Strawberries
Artist| Joshua Johnson
Year| c. 1805
Medium| oil paint, canvas
Movement| naïve art
Subject| girl
Dimensions| 73.7 cm (29.0 in) × 58.4 cm (23.0 in)
Location| Metropolitan Museum of Art
Accession No.| 2016.116
Identifiers| The Met object ID: 701989

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Emma Van Name also known as Little Girl in Pink With a Goblet Filled With Strawberries is a 1805 portrait painting by self-taught American folk artist Joshua Johnson and is in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[1]

## Description

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The work depicts a female toddler from Maryland and was painted in Baltimore.[1][2]

It was rediscovered in the late 1950s by New York folk and modernist art dealer, Edith Halpert.[3] Afterward, it was included in numerous international exhibitions and is considered an icon of American folk painting.[4]

After being acquired by Edgar William Garbisch and his wife, Bernice Chrysler Garbisch they donated it to the Whitney Museum of American Art in 1970. However, the museum made a decision in 1978 to focus on "collecting in the 20th century.'' In 1988, it was sold for $660,000 at Sotheby's to art dealer Alexander Acevedo, more than 14 times the previous record at auction for any of Johnson's work.[4] Sotheby's folk-art specialist Nancy Druckman described it as "one of the most widely exhibited folk portraits."[4]

After the auction closed, actor Bill Cosby, owner of multiple Johnson works, was a critic of the sale.[4]

The work was acquired by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2016.[5]

## References

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1. ^ a b "Emma Van Name". Metropolitan Museum of Art.
2. ^ Finley, Cheryl; Griffey, Randall R.; Peck, Amelia; Pinckney, Darryl (2018-05-21). My Soul Has Grown Deep: Black Art from the American South. Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-1-58839-609-9.
3. ^ Shaykin, Rebecca (2019-10-11). Edith Halpert, the Downtown Gallery, and the Rise of American Art. Yale University Press. p. 263\. ISBN 978-0-300-23100-7.
4. ^ a b c d Reif, Rita (1988-02-07). "ANTIQUES; New Attention for Early Black Artist". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2019-12-05.
5. ^ Recent Acquisitions A Selection 2014–2016. Metropolitan Museum of Art. 2016-11-09.

*[c.]: circa