Two Pears on a Tabletop

Sanford Robinson Giffordc. 1866

Details

Title: Two Pears on a Tabletop
Creator: Sanford Robinson Gifford
Date Created: c. 1866
Physical Dimensions: overall: 28.6 x 29.9 cm (11 1/4 x 11 3/4 in.) framed: 39.37 × 40.01 × 4.45 cm (15 1/2 × 15 3/4 × 1 3/4 in.)
Provenance: Acquired 1867 by John T. Wilson, New York. (Vose Galleries, Boston); purchased 27 April 1964 by William H. Gerdts [1929-2020], New York;[1] gift (partial and promised) 2001 to NGA. [1] The Vose stock number was 21383, and the buyer-of-record was Henry M. Fuller, who purchased the painting for Gerdts and held it until Gerdts reimbursed him (per 12 December 2001 letter from Abigail Booth Gerdts to Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., in NGA curatorial files).
Rights: CC0
Medium: oil on canvas

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