Marble Tabletop with Fruit and Wineglass
1869
Painter, American, 1846 - 1915

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on board
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 30.48 × 40.96 cm (12 × 16 1/8 in.)
framed: 40.64 × 50.8 × 5.08 cm (16 × 20 × 2 in.) -
Accession
2018.44.16
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, 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. 35.
1988
Penn's Promise: Still LIfe Painting in Pennsylvania, 1795 - 1930, Westmoreland Museum of Art, Greensburg, PA, 1988, no. 99.
Bibliography
1971
Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 85, 176, 242, fig. 5-29.
Inscriptions
lower center right: Milne Ramsey / 069
Wikidata ID
Q63119989