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Blackberries

Artist August Laux (American, born Germany, 1847 - 1921)
Dateca. 1880
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 12 1/8 x 16 1/8 inches (30.8 x 40.96 cm)
Framed: 20 x 24 1/4 inches (50.8 x 61.6 cm)
Credit LineGift from the collection of Julia and Humbert Tinsman
Object numberF99-24/6
SignedSigned lower right: A. Laux
On View
Not on view
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DescriptionThis painting provides a close-up view of finely rendered blackberries, which spill from a tipped basket. The bakground is filled with foliage and stems on which more blackberries hang.Published References
“Museum Receives 19th- and 20th-Century American Works,”
Calendar (Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art), May 2000, 2, cover.
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