Watermelon and Grapes

1863

John F. Francis

Painter, American, 1808 - 1886

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall (oval): 27.94 × 35.56 cm (11 × 14 in.)
    framed: 49.53 × 57.15 × 9.53 cm (19 1/2 × 22 1/2 × 3 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.6

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1965;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Gerdts lent the painting to a circa 1965 exhibition at the American Federation of the Arts in New York; per documentation provided by Abigail Booth Gerdts, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • [Still lifes of edible subjects from the collection of William H. Gerdts, on occasion of publication of cookbook by William and Lois Katzenbach], Board Room, American Federation of the Arts, New York, c. 1965, no catalogue, label no. 6.

1966

  • Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 20.

1998

  • For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, repro.

Inscriptions

lower center: JF Francis / Pt. 1863

Wikidata ID

Q63119494

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