Grapes Against White Wall

1883

Edwin Deakin

Associated Names
Edwin Deakin

Painter, British, 1838 - 1923

This painting shows a cluster of grapes hanging from a vine with green leaves and thin tendrils which appear to loop around a gray nail at the top of the painting. The grapes are mostly painted in deep reds and purples, although some are pale yellow. The background is cream-colored, and the grapes and leaves cast gray shadows behind them.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 61 x 40.6 cm (24 x 16 in.)
    framed: 77.79 × 57.15 × 4.45 cm (30 5/8 × 22 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2004.165.4

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection, Basel; purchased January 1981 by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York; gift (partial and promised) 2004 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1998

  • For Beauty and For Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 17.

Bibliography

2004

  • Scheick, William J. "Frost's October." Explicator 62, no. 2 (Winter 2004): 98.

Inscriptions

lower right: Edwin Deakin / 1883

Wikidata ID

Q20189619

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