Fruit Piece

J. E. Rightmyer (American, 19th century)

Medium/Technique Pastel on paper

Dimensions Sheet: 54 x 59.1 cm (21 1/4 x 23 1/4 in.)
Framed: 64.1 x 69.2 cm (25 1/4 x 27 1/4 in.)

Credit Line Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875

Accession Number55.780

NOT ON VIEW

ClassificationsPastels

Catalogue Raisonné Karolik cat. no 1271, fig 328 (Folk artists)

DescriptionFolk art- various. Melons, grapes and other fruit in elaborate two-handled dish on round marble table top.

InscriptionsLR in graphite: signature

Provenance1955, gift of Maxim Karolik (b. 1893 - d. 1963), Newport, RI, to the MFA. (Accession Date: October 20, 1955)