Baby in Red Chair

This painting was acquired by Abby Aldrich Rockefeller in 1931, one of her earliest purchases of American folk art. Today it is a favorite of visitors to the museum. The infant's innocence, contentment, and lack of self-consciousness seldom fail to elicit smiles from viewers. Despite the painting's popularity, little is known of its origin. The edges of the canvas frame the figure exceptionally tightly, suggesting that it once may have been part of a larger composition. Although long thought to have been created in Pennsylvania, no other works by the unidentified hand have been discovered there or in Boston, where the picture was discovered in the early 20th century.
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