Fruit Basket

1923

Marsden Hartley

Associated Names
Marsden Hartley

Artist, American, 1877 - 1943

The image shows a still life composition with a large pear and several apples in a basket. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of grey and black on a light background. The pear is positioned centrally and surrounded by the apples at the bottom of the image. The basket encloses the fruit, with its outline and weave pattern visible around the edges.
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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    lithograph in black on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Mary E. Maxwell Fund)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 34.77 × 34.29 cm (13 11/16 × 13 1/2 in.)
    sheet: 39.37 × 38.74 cm (15 1/2 × 15 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1021

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Eldredge 1972, no. 3

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

the artist, Ellsworth, ME; Marsden Hartley Estate, 1943; (Kennedy Galleries, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1964; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1977

  • American Lithographs from the Corcoran's Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1977, no. 36

Bibliography

1972

  • Eldredge, Charles C. Marsden Hartley: Lithographs and Related Works. Lawrence: University of Kansas Museum of Art, 1972, no. 3.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: Marsden Hartley; lower left edge in graphite by unknown hand: X-1099 Hartley Estate #491; lower right edge in graphite by unknown hand: Fruit Basket L.S.; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: C42162 [strikethrough] / SX / a10948 / L S

Wikidata ID

Q77008969

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