Grapes

c. 1890/1895

Joseph Decker

Associated Names
Joseph Decker

Painter, American, 1853 - 1924

In this painting, two clusters of dark blue-black grapes hang from a thin brown branch against a beige background. The branch stretches horizontally across the top of the painting, and olive-green vines from the top of the grapes wrap around it. The grapes reflect light and cast dark shadows on the beige wall behind them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    overall: 22.9 x 30.5 cm (9 x 12 in.)
    framed: 55.6 x 63.3 x 7.3 cm (21 7/8 x 24 15/16 x 2 7/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.59.3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Berry-Hill Galleries, New York); sold January 1986 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia; gift 1994 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1985

  • Brooklyn's Bounty: Natural Splendor and Domestic Opulence, Museum of the Borough of Brooklyn, Brooklyn College, New York, 1985, no. 17.

2002

  • Deceptions and Illusions: Five Centuries of Trompe l'Oeil Painting, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2002-2003, no. 6, color repro.

2008

  • Feast for the Eyes: American Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2008, no cat.

Bibliography

1996

  • Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 125, color repro. 126.

Inscriptions

lower right: J.DECker.

Wikidata ID

Q20190135

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