Flowers in a Cut Glass Vase, 185[?]

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 41.91 × 33.34 cm (16 1/2 × 13 1/8 in.)

framed: 52.71 × 43.82 × 5.08 cm (20 3/4 × 17 1/4 × 2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.1

Artists / Makers

William Perkins Babcock (painter) American, 1826 - 1899

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: WP.Babcock 185[?]

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by 1971;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.

[1] The painting is listed as in a private collection in William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke, American Still-Life Painting.New York, 1971:188-192, fig. 13-5.

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

Exhibition History

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

Bibliography

1971: Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 188-192, fig. 13-5.