Myosotis and Roses in a Vase

n.d.

Frederick Stone Batcheller

Associated Names
Frederick Stone Batcheller

Painter, American, 1837 - 1889

“In this painting, a white vase stands on a wooden surface, containing a green leaf arrangement with small, light pink flowers and partially opened white flowers. A green, leafy vine trails down the side of the vase. The background and surface the vase rests on are both rich brown.”

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.8 × 28.26 cm (12 1/8 × 11 1/8 in.)
    framed: 43.82 × 39.37 × 7.62 cm (17 1/4 × 15 1/2 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.25

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1971;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] The painting is listed as in a private collection in William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke, American Still-Life Painting.New York, 1971:188-192, fig. 13-5.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1990

  • Regional American Painting to 1920, Greenville County Museum of Art, South Carolina, 1990, unnumbered catalogue, as Mysotis and Roses.

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: 176, fig.12-9.

1990

  • Gerdts, William H.,Art Across America: Two Centuries of Regional Painting, 1710-1920. Volume 1. New York, 1971: 93, fig. I.90

Inscriptions

lower left: Batcheller

Wikidata ID

Q63125337

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