Basket of Pears and Crabapples

n.d.

John F. Francis

Associated Names
John F. Francis

Painter, American, 1808 - 1886

In this painting, a wicker basket is filled with yellow pears and a few red cherries. The basket rests on a table, and more pears and cherries are scattered in front of it, casting shadows on the white tablecloth. There is a piece of fabric hanging over the handle of the basket; the cloth is white with red trim and frayed edges. The background is dark brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 29.53 × 32.39 cm (11 5/8 × 12 3/4 in.)
    framed: 45.09 × 47.63 × 6.99 cm (17 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 2 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.5

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1965;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Gerdts lent the painting to a circa 1965 exhibition at the American Federation of the Arts in New York; per documentation provided by Abigail Booth Gerdts at the time of the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • [Still lifes of edible subjects from the collection of William H. Gerdts, on occasion of publication of cookbook by William and Lois Katzenbach], Board Room, American Federation of the Arts, New York, c. 1965, no catalogue, label no. 42.

1966

  • Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 19, repro.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q63125323

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