Still Life

1868

John O'Brien Inman

Associated Names
John O'Brien Inman

Painter, American, 1828 - 1896

This painting features two large yellow pears in the center, surrounded by clusters of purple and green grapes cascading down from a gilded teal dish on the right. Next to the pears are two pink peaches, with walnuts and green figs in front of them. In the background on the left, there is a decorative blue vase with gold filigree, filled with various colorful flowers and green leaves, including a white rose, red flowers, and small pale blue flowers. The arrangement is on a table with a red covering, and the wall behind them is dark brown.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.37 × 46.67 cm (15 1/2 × 18 3/8 in.)
    framed: 52.71 × 59.69 × 8.26 cm (20 3/4 × 23 1/2 × 3 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.26

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Ross Kepler, Maplewood, New Jersey; purchased 1994 by William H. [1929-2020] and Abigail Booth Gerdts, New York;[1] gift 2018 to NGA.
[1] Per documention from Abigail Booth Gerdts provided with the gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1976

  • American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 33, repro., as Stll Life: Fruit and Flowers.

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, plate 22

Bibliography

1971

  • Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 69, 84, fig. 5-28.

Inscriptions

lower right: J. O'Brien Inman 1868

Wikidata ID

Q63118612

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