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Still Life

1987

William Bailey

Associated Names

William Bailey

Artist, American, 1930 - 2020

The image displays a still life composition featuring a white jug with a handle, a bowl, and a cylindrical jar with a lid among other kitchenware arranged on a flat surface. The color scheme is primarily gray, creating a monochromatic look. The white jug is in the center, with the bowl on its left and the cylindrical jar on its right. A goblet and a cup are placed next to them, with a sphere below the bowl.

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Artwork overview

Medium

etching and aquatint in black on wove paper
Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Gift of Jack and Margrit Vanderryn)
Dimensions

plate: 40.32 × 32.7 cm (15 7/8 × 12 7/8 in.)
sheet: 83.82 × 71.12 cm (33 × 28 in.)
Accession Number

2015.19.3229

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Jack and Margrit Vanderryn, Bethesda, Maryland; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2003; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite: 26/50; lower right in graphite: Bailey 1987

Wikidata ID

Q77010087

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