Still Life with Watermelon
Unknown American, American
about 1830
Paint stenciled on velvet (theorem painting)
Sheet (Irreg.): 27 9/16 × 23 11/16 in. (70 × 60.2 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
P.935.1.68
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Painting
Research Area
Painting
Not on view
Inscriptions
Not signed.
Course History
Art History 38.04, Food and Art: Global History, Nicola Camerlenghi, Spring 2023
Exhibition History
American Folk Art at the Hood Museum of Art (a thematic partial permanent gallery installation); Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, July 16, 2015.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 19, 2001-May 6, 2002.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, May 14-June 22, 1997.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, September 16, 1997-September 12, 1999.
The Object World, Harrington Gallery Teaching Exhibition, ARTH2, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, February 5-March 15, 2015.
Provenance
Purchased by Holger Cahill (1887-1960); possibly with Downtown Gallery, New York; Abby Aldrich Rockefeller (1874-1948), New York; given to present collection, 1935.
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