National Gallery of Art

Release Date: June 2, 2003

SMALL WONDERS: DUTCH STILL LIFES BY ADRIAEN COORTE ON VIEW AT THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART
JUNE 29 THROUGH SEPTEMBER 28, 2003

Adriaen Coorte
Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants , 1696
oil on canvas, 34 x 25 cm (13 3/8 x 9 13/16)
National Gallery of Art, Washington, The Lee and Juliet Folger Fund

Small Wonders: Dutch Still Lifes by Adriaen Coorte, on view in the West Building of the National Gallery of Art from June 29 through September 28, 2003, is the first exhibition in the United States of the work of this remarkable yet little-known artist. Organized by the National Gallery of Art to mark the acquisition of its first painting by Coorte, Still Life with Asparagus and Red Currants (1696), the exhibition presents 19 of the artist's rare works. (see press release)

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