Wicker Basket of Fruit and Flowers

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1962.328
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Wicker Basket of Fruit and Flowers
Classification: Drawings
Work Type: drawing
Date: c. 1830-1860
Culture: American
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/308620

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Watercolor and gouache over graphite on off-white wove paper

Dimensions

22.8 x 27.7 cm (9 x 10 7/8 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

inscription: verso, u.r., graphite: 48936

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Richards H. Emerson, Springfield, MA; purchased by Lucy Wallace Porter, 1945; her bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1962.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line: Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Lucy Wallace Porter
Accession Year: 1962
Object Number: 1962.328
Division: European and American Art
Contact: am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr. and Melissa Renn, American Paintings at Harvard, Volume One: Paintings, Watercolors, and Pastels by Artists Born before 1826, Yale University Press (U.S.) and Harvard Art Museums (Cambridge and New Haven, 2014), pp. 502-03, cat. 466, ill.

Verification Level

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