Still Life, Apples, Grapes

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Barton Stone Hays

Associated Names
Barton Stone Hays

Painter, American, 1826 - 1914

This painting shows clusters of dark purple, light green, and pinkish grapes on a white cloth-covered table, with large red and yellow apples on the table behind the plate. A small cluster of green grapes spills onto the table in the bottom left. The fruit and plate cast dark shadows on the cloth. The cloth on the table is creased, and the surface below is dark brown. The wall behind the fruit is tan.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 30.48 × 45.72 cm (12 × 18 in.)
    framed: 44.45 × 60.33 × 7.62 cm (17 1/2 × 23 3/4 × 3 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.13

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Beard Galleries, Minneapolis); purchased 1991 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 gift, in NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

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.

Inscriptions

lower center: B. S. Hays.

Wikidata ID

Q63125351

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