Pomegranate Fruit

1867

Rufus King

Associated Names
Rufus King

Artist, active 19th century

The image shows a cluster of oranges hanging from a branch with several elongated leaves. The oranges are speckled in an orange-brown hue, and the leaves are greyish-green. Small white flowers resembling citrus blossoms are scattered among the oranges and leaves. The branch is positioned diagonally from the top left to the bottom right, against a light beige background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    pen and black ink with watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    image (irregular): 31.75 × 23.5 cm (12 1/2 × 9 1/4 in.)
    sheet: 40.32 × 30.48 cm (15 7/8 × 12 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2015.19.1013

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Robert S. Sloan Gallery, New York); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1963; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 37, no. 259.

Inscriptions

lower right in pen and black ink: Rufus King / '67

Watermarks

upper right: L [not deciphered] BROWN / PAPER COMAPNY; lower right: [hand holding a sickle] / [inside of a crest] 1850 / G / 1891

Wikidata ID

Q64630024

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