Gabriel Weather Vane

c. 1939

Lucille Chabot

Associated Names
Lucille Chabot

Artist, American, 1908 - 2005

This painting depicts an angel in flight, facing the left and playing a trumpet. The angel's wings are spread out behind them, and their feet are extended out horizontally to the right. A small rod or post extends downward from the torso of the angel. The angel is entirely painted in shades of yellow, reddish-brown, and gray, reminiscent of weathered metal with patches of rust. Small rivets are visible at joints and edges of the angel, which appears to be comprised of small panels. The background of the painting is plain beige paper.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 36.2 x 52.4 cm (14 1/4 x 20 5/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.9505

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003, no. 78, as Angel Gabriel Weather Vane.

2014

  • Folk Art and American Modernism, American Folk Art Museum, New York, 2014 - 2015, unnumbered catalogue.

2021

  • American Weathervanes: The Art of the Winds, American Folk Art Museum, 2021 - 2022.

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 454, no. 1588.

2002

  • Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art, Modernism, and the Index of American Design. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2002-2003: no. 78.

  • Clayton, Virginia. "Drawing on America's Past: Folk Art and the Index of American Design." National Gallery of Art Bulletin no. 27 (Spring 2002): 17, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q64594130

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