Still Life with Apple
Artist
De Scott Evans
(American, 1847 - 1898)
Dateca. 1890
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsUnframed: 11 15/16 × 10 inches (30.32 × 25.4 cm)
Framed: 20 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 1 1/8 inches (52.71 × 47.63 × 2.86 cm)
Framed: 20 3/4 × 18 3/4 × 1 1/8 inches (52.71 × 47.63 × 2.86 cm)
Credit LineGift of Paul Mellon in memory of Mary Conover Mellon
Object numberF94-37/2
SignedNone.
InscribedNone.
On View
Not on viewCollections
DescriptionAn apple is seen hanging from a white string against a painted wood plank. In the the upper right corner is a painted white card supposedly nailed to the board and inscribed: "One and a half Pounds."Published ReferencesAlfred Frankenstein, After the Hunt: William Harnett and Other
American Still Life Painters, 1870–1900 (Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press, 1953), 158; American Still Life
Paintings from the Paul Magriel Collection, exh. cat. (Washington,
D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1957), unpaginated (as Apple on
String); 150 Years of American Still-Life Painting: An Exhibition
for the Benefit of the Kips Bay Boys’ Club, exh. cat. (New York:
Coe-Kerr Gallery, 1970), 24, 27; William H. Gerdts and Russell
Burke, American Still-Life Painting (New York: Praeger Publish
ers, 1971), 161, 167; William H. Gerdts, Painters of the Humble
Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801–1939, exh. cat.
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, in association with
Philbrook Art Center, 1981), 202; A New Variety, Try One: De
Scott Evans or S.S. David, exh. cat. (Columbus, Ohio: Columbus
Museum of Art, 1985), 8.
American Still Life Painters, 1870–1900 (Berkeley and Los Angeles:
University of California Press, 1953), 158; American Still Life
Paintings from the Paul Magriel Collection, exh. cat. (Washington,
D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1957), unpaginated (as Apple on
String); 150 Years of American Still-Life Painting: An Exhibition
for the Benefit of the Kips Bay Boys’ Club, exh. cat. (New York:
Coe-Kerr Gallery, 1970), 24, 27; William H. Gerdts and Russell
Burke, American Still-Life Painting (New York: Praeger Publish
ers, 1971), 161, 167; William H. Gerdts, Painters of the Humble
Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801–1939, exh. cat.
(Columbia: University of Missouri Press, in association with
Philbrook Art Center, 1981), 202; A New Variety, Try One: De
Scott Evans or S.S. David, exh. cat. (Columbus, Ohio: Columbus
Museum of Art, 1985), 8.
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