Study of Apples from Nature
1863
William Rickarby Miller
Painter, American, born England, 1818 - 1893
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 18.42 × 26.35 cm (7 1/4 × 10 3/8 in.)
framed: 29.85 × 36.51 × 5.08 cm (11 3/4 × 14 3/8 × 2 in.) -
Accession Number
2018.44.15
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. 14.
1966
Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 40.
1993
The Apple of America: The Apple in 19th Century American Art, Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1993.
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.
Bibliography
1971
Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 106, fig. 7-7.
Inscriptions
lower left: W. R. Miller / 1863
Wikidata ID
Q63119442