Hollyhocks in a Long-necked Vase, 1891

Not on View

Medium

drypoint in black on wove paper

Dimensions

plate: 29.85 × 14.29 cm (11 3/4 × 5 5/8 in.)

sheet: 50.8 × 34.29 cm (20 × 13 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Catalogue Raisonné

Witthoft 1992, no. 69 (4th proof)

Accession Number

2018.44.57

Artists / Makers

James David Smillie (artist) American, 1833 - 1909

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in plate: JD Smillie / Aug. '91; lower right of plate in graphite: 4th proof; lower left corner in graphite by unknown hand: [not deciphered]

Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Associated Names

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

Bibliography

1992: Witthoft, Brucia. The Fine-Arts Etchings of James David Smillie, 1833-1909: Catalogue Raisonné . Wales, UK: Edwin Mellen Press, 1992, p. 202, no. 69.

1998: Danly, Susan and Bruce Weber. For Beauty and for Truth: The William and Abigail Gerdts Collection of American Still Life. Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst, Mass.; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, c.1998: 87.