Still Life

1868

John O'Brien Inman

Painter, American, 1828 - 1896

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.37 × 46.67 cm (15 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.)
    framed: 52.71 × 59.69 × 8.26 cm (20 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession

    2018.44.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kepler, Maplewood, New Jersey; purchased 1994 by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 33, repro., as Stll Life: Fruit and Flowers.

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, plate 22

Bibliography

1971

  • Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 69, 84, fig. 5-28.

Inscriptions

lower right: J. O'Brien Inman 1868

Wikidata ID

Q63118612

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