Basket of Fruit

c. 1830

American 19th Century

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

  • Dimensions

    overall: 40.6 x 48.4 cm (16 x 19 1/16 in.)
    framed: 49.5 x 57.6 x 2.8 cm (19 1/2 x 22 11/16 x 1 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1953.5.103

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Recorded as from Connecticut. Purchased in 1948 by 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. 1, repro. on back cover.

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: 416-417, repro. 417.

  • American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 389, repro.

Wikidata ID

Q20185670

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