Hollyhocks in a Long-necked Vase

1891

James David Smillie

Associated Names
James David Smillie

Artist, American, 1833 - 1909

The image features a glass vase with a delicate arrangement of flowers. The illustration is in black and white with varying shades of dark and light. The vase is at the bottom center, with flowers extending upwards. The detailed etching shows tightly clustered blooms and elongated stems with smaller buds in the center of the artwork.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    drypoint in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    plate: 29.85 × 14.29 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)
    sheet: 50.8 × 34.29 cm (20 × 13 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.57

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Witthoft 1992, no. 69 (4th proof)

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Bibliography

1992

  • Witthoft, Brucia. _The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné _. Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, p. 202, no. 69.

1998

  • Danly, Susan and Bruce Weber. For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, c.1998: 87.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: JD Smillie / Aug. '91; lower right of plate in graphite: 4th proof; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered]

Wikidata ID

Q77261131

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