Marble Tabletop with Fruit and Wineglass

1869

Milne Ramsey

Associated Names
Milne Ramsey

Painter, American, 1846 - 1915

In this painting, there is a glass of amber liquid on a marble surface surrounded by green and purple grapes, peaches, a green plum, and two walnuts, one partially opened. The glass is centered, with the fruit and nuts spread around and behind it. On the right, a stem from the red grapes twists upward towards the top right corner, while on the left, the green grapes are still connected to a thin, leafy branch. A bee is perched on one of the peaches, a drop of juice dripping down next to it. 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: 30.48 × 40.96 cm (12 × 16 1/8 in.)
    framed: 40.64 × 50.8 × 5.08 cm (16 × 20 × 2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    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

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