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Inscription

lower left on envelope: Gifford / 15 10th St / N.Y.

Provenance

Acquired 1867 by John T. Wilson, New York. (Vose Galleries, Boston); purchased 27 April 1964 by William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York;[1] gift (partial and promised) 2001 to NGA.

Exhibition History

1880
[Exhibition at the Gifford Memorial Meeting], Century Club, New York, 1880, no. 17, as Fruit.
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. 25.
1966
Mid-Nineteenth Century American Painting from the Collections of Henry M. Fuller and William H. Gerdts, Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, 1966, no. 24, repro.
1970
150 Years of American Still-Life Painting. An Exhibition for the Benefit of The Kips Bay Boys' Club, Coe Kerr Gallery, Inc., New York, 1970, no. 19, repro.
1976
American Cornucopia: 19th Century Still Lifes and Studies, The Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Carnegie-Mellon University, Pittsburgh, 1976, no. 21.
1981
Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801 – 1939, Philbrook Art Center, Tulsa; Oakland Art Museum; Baltimore Museum of Art; National Academy of Design, New York, 1981-82, no. 5.19.
1998
For Beauty and For Truth, Mead Art Museum, Amherst College, Amherst; Berry-Hill Galleries, New York, 1998, unnumbered catalogue, pl. 5.

Bibliography

1881
Weir, John F. A Memorial Catalogue of the Paintings of Sanford Robinson Gifford, N.A., New York, 1881: no. 459, as A Study of Pears.
1971
Gerdts, William H., and Russell Burke. American Still-Life Painting. New York, 1971: 105, fig. 7-6.
1977
Weiss, Ila. Sanford Robinson Gifford (1823-1880). New York and London, 1977: 262-263, figs. VII I 5, VII I 6.
1981
Gerdts, William H. Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life 1801-1939. Columbia, 1981: 106, fig. 5.19.
1987
Weiss, Ila. Poetic Landscape: The Art and Experience of Sanford R. Gifford. Newark, DE, 1987: 320, repro., as Pears and Wine.

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