Grocery-wrapped Pears

1971

Janet Fish

Associated Names
Janet Fish

Artist, American, 1938 - 2025

In this drawing, two packs of pears wrapped in plastic are placed on turquoise trays against a brown background. The pears vary in shades of yellow, green, red, and orange. The tray on the top has three pears, while the one on the bottom has two. The top tray has a white rectangular label on the left side, oriented upside down. The clear plastic over the pears reflects light and is bunched or puckered in some places.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pastel on brown wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 50.8 x 65.4 cm (20 x 25 3/4 in.)
    mount: 73.7 x 65.4 cm (29 x 25 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2007.6.97

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Herbert Vogel, New York; gift to NGA, 2007.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

2019

  • The Touch of Color: Pastels at the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 2019 - 2020, unnumbered catalogue.

2025

  • Photorealism Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Washington, July 2025-December 2026.

Bibliography

1975

  • Painting, Drawing and Sculpture of the '60s and the '70s from the Dorothy and Herbert Vogel Collection, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, 1975: p. 11

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Janet Fish 1971

Markings

BS: (unidentified)

Wikidata ID

Q64580839

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