Blackberries Spilling from Tin Cup

n.d.

Carducius Plantagenet Ream

Associated Names
Carducius Plantagenet Ream

Painter, American, 1838 - 1917

This painting shows an overturned silver cup spilling blackberries on a brown surface. The berries are concentrated in the center of the painting, near the opening of the cup, although some spill out closer to us. They are black with areas of pale green at the top, and they reflect small points of light. The surface beneath the cup and berries, and the wall behind, are both mottled brown with areas of pink, yellow ochre, and dark red, with the top left corner in shadow.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on board

  • Credit Line

    Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts

  • Dimensions

    overall: 25.4 × 30.48 cm (10 × 12 in.)
    framed: 35.24 × 40.01 × 4.45 cm (13 7/8 × 15 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2018.44.17

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Godel & Co. [previously Howard Godel Fine Arts], New York); purchased 1995 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 the 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 right: C.P. Ream

Wikidata ID

Q63125328

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