Two Bunches of Grapes

n.d.

Andrew John Henry Way

Associated Names
Andrew John Henry Way

Painter, American, 1826 - 1888

Two clusters of grapes are depicted in this painting, hanging down from the top. The left cluster includes reddish-purple grapes, while the right cluster contains green grapes, both attached to vines that loop around thin, leafy branches at the top of the painting. Light illuminates the grapes on the right, while the left sides of the clusters are in shadow. The wide leaves at the top contain shades of green and orange-brown. The background behind the grapes is brown, lighter on the right and darker on the left.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44.45 × 30.48 cm (17 1/2 × 12 in.)
    framed: 71.76 × 57.15 × 7.62 cm (28 1/4 × 22 1/2 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.20


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. 7.

1966

  • Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 50, repro., as Grapes.

1976

  • American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 27, repro., as Still Life of Hanging Grapes.

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: 72-73, pl. X.

Inscriptions

lower right: A. J. H. Way.

Wikidata ID

Q108686623

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