Red Cherries

1866

Robert Spear Dunning

Associated Names
Robert Spear Dunning

Painter, American, 1829 - 1905

This painting shows a shallow wooden container filled with bright cherries in different shades of red on a brown surface. Some cherries have spilled in front of the basket; they are reflected in the polished brown surface beneath them. The cherries have bright green stems that crisscross and overlap with one another. The wall in the background is dark yellow-green color.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 16.51 × 22.86 cm (6 1/2 × 9 in.)
    framed: 24.13 × 30.8 × 6.35 cm (9 1/2 × 12 1/8 × 2 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.140

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Henry M. Fuller [1914-2001], Manchester, New Hampshire, by at least 1966;[1] bequest 2001 to William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York; gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Fuller lent the painting to a 1966 exhibition.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1968

  • [Exhibition], Knoedler Galleries, New York, 1968.

1980

  • The Friends Collect, Thorne-Sagendorph Art Gallery, Keene State College, New Hampshire, 1980.

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.

Inscriptions

upper center reverse: R.S. Dunning 1866

Wikidata ID

Q63119825

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