Two McLaughlin Pears
n.d.
Anna Eliza Hardy
Painter, American, 1839 - 1934
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 20.96 × 26.67 cm (8 1/4 × 10 1/2 in.)
framed: 34.29 × 39.69 × 7.62 cm (13 1/2 × 15 5/8 × 3 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.44.11
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. 30.
1976
American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 9, as Two Pears.
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 left: A. E. H.
Wikidata ID
Q108686680