A Pomegranate, Siena, 1885

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 18.42 × 22.86 cm (7 1/4 × 9 in.)

framed: 40.39 × 44.45 × 4.45 cm (15 7/8 × 17 1/2 × 1 3/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.8

Artists / Makers

George Henry Hall (painter) American, 1825 - 1913

Image Use

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Inscription

lower right: Geo. Henry Hall / Siena '85

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, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

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. 38.

1966: Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 25, repro.

1976: American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 26.

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: 66, 78, fig. 5-17.