Myosotis and Roses in a Vase, n.d.

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

Accession Number

2018.44.25

Artists / Makers

Frederick Stone Batcheller (painter) American, 1837 - 1889

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: Batcheller

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

Gerdts, William H., Dr. and Mrs.

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