Peaches, Grapes, and Apples

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Severin Roesen

Associated Names
Severin Roesen

Painter, American, born Germany, 1816 - after 1872

This painting shows a collection of ripe peaches and clusters of grapes arranged on a table. The peaches have hues of orange, pink, and yellow, while the grapes are dark purple and light green. Several peaches are stacked closely together in the center, with the grapes on top of them and around them. A thin stick with green leaves rests on top of the stacked peaches. The table they lie on appears to be a dark red-and-gray marbled surface, with a white cloth edged in gold draped over the right side. The wall behind the fruit is a gradient, with brown on the left side fading into pale orange on the right side.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on wood

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 34.93 × 46.04 cm (13 3/4 × 18 1/8 in.)
    framed: 50.48 × 59.69 × 5.72 cm (19 7/8 × 23 1/2 × 2 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.18


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York, by at least 1965;[1] gift 2018 to NGA..
[1] Gerdts lent the painting to a circa 1965 exhibition at the American Federation of the Arts in New York; per documentation provided by Abigail Booth Gerdts, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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. 26.

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.

Wikidata ID

Q63125348

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