Study of Apples from Nature

1863

William Rickarby Miller

Painter, American, born England, 1818 - 1893

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • 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

    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


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