Bowl of Fruit
c. 1830/1840
Artist, American, active c. 1830/1840
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 47.3 x 52.7 cm (18 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)
framed: 53.9 x 59.3 x 3.1 cm (21 1/4 x 23 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.) -
Accession
1953.5.34
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Recorded as from New England. (Isabel Carlton Wilde, Cambridge, Massachusetts). (Edith Gregor Halpert, American Folk Art Gallery, New York), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1968
American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 14.
Bibliography
1992
Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 370-373, color repro. 371.
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 341, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: PAINTED BY; lower right: WILLIAM STEARNS; both probably applied with a stamp
Wikidata ID
Q20185674