Bowl of Fruit, c. 1830/1840

Not on View

Medium

watercolor on velveteen (theorem painting)

Dimensions

overall: 47.3 x 52.7 cm (18 5/8 x 20 3/4 in.)

framed: 53.9 x 59.3 x 3.1 cm (21 1/4 x 23 3/8 x 1 1/4 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch

Accession Number

1953.5.34

Artists / Makers

William Stearns (artist) American, active c. 1830/1840

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: PAINTED BY; lower right: WILLIAM STEARNS; both probably applied with a stamp

Provenance

Recorded as from New England. (Isabel Carlton Wilde, Cambridge, Massachusetts). (Edith Gregor Halpert, American Folk Art Gallery, New York), by whom sold in 1946 to Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch; gift to NGA, 1953.

Associated Names

American Folk Art Gallery
Garbisch, Edgar William, Mr. and Mrs.
Unknown Patron
Wilde, Isabel Carlton

Exhibition History

1968: American Primitive Paintings from the Collection of Edgar William and Bernice Chrysler Garbisch, Columbus Museum of Arts and Crafts, Georgia, 1968-1969, no. 14.

Bibliography

1992: American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 341, repro.

1992: Chotner, Deborah, with contributions by Julie Aronson, Sarah D. Cash, and Laurie Weitzenkorn. American Naive Paintings. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1992: 370-373, color repro. 371.