Still Life—Strawberries, Nuts, &c.
Raphaelle Peale (American, 1774–1825)
1822
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Archival matte paper, 189 g/m² (10.3 mil), sourced from Japan, printed with multicolor water-based inkjet so every brushstroke stays crisp. Framed prints arrive ready to hang in a .75″ ayous-wood frame with an acrylite front. Sized to standard frames by cropping, never stretching — at most about 3% comes off one edge, which isn’t noticeable on most pieces, and we only offer a size when it stays that small.
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About this work
A member of a prominent artistic family from Maryland and Pennsylvania, Raphaelle Peale was one of the first painters in the United States to specialize in still life. In this precisely arranged composition, he meticulously rendered the various surfaces and forms of fruits, nuts, and tableware. Influenced by 17th-century Dutch still lifes, Peale featured imported material goods, such as Chinese porcelain made for the American market, a luxury item symbolizing the increasing power and prosperity of the new nation. The large glass urn may hold strawberries grown out of season in greenhouses, called hothouses, an experiment undertaken at the family’s farm outside of Philadelphia.
- Medium
- Oil on wood panel
- Original size
- 41.1 × 57.8 cm (16 3/16 × 22 3/4 in.)
Museum record · 3 owners · 9 exhibitions
Provenance
- Mr. Feldman, Philadelphia, by 1940.
- James Graham and Sons Gallery, New York, by 1941.
- Robert C. Graham, New York, by 1946; sold to Jamee J. and Marshall Field III, Chicago, by 1991; given by them to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1991.
Exhibitions
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Academy of The Fine Arts, Still Life–Strawberries, Nuts & c., cat., lent by the artist.
- New York, Museum of Modern Art, American Realists and Magic Realists, Feb. 10–Mar. 21, 1943, 63; Buffalo, Albright Gallery, Apr. 5–May 5; Minneapolis Institute of Arts, July 1–30; San Francisco Museum of Art, Aug. 23–Sept. 19; Art Gallery of Toronto, Nov. 12–Dec. 19; Cleveland Museum of Art, Jan. 1–29, 1944.
- Milwaukee Art Center, Raphaelle Peale, Still Lifes and Portraits, Jan. 15–Feb. 15, 1959, cat., as Still Life, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, cat. by Charles Coleman Sellers; New York, M. Knoedler & Company, Mar. 2– Mar. 31, 1959.
- Winston–Salem, North Carolina, Public Library, A Rationale for Modern Art, touring exhibition organized by the American Federation of Arts, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham, Oct. 1–21, 1959; St. Louis, Nov. 2–22, 1959; New York, Time Inc., Dec. 7–18; Mansfield, Ohio, Kingwood Center, Jan. 3–24, 1960; Michigan, Midland Art Association, Feb. 5–25, 1960; Miami Beach Art Center, Mar. 1–31, 1960; Dallas, Southern Methodist University, Apr. 12–May 3; Seattle, Charles and Emma Frye Museum, May 15–June 6; San Francisco Museum of Art, June 16–July 17; Norwich, Conn., Slater Memorial Museum, Oct. 10–30, 1960.
- New Haven, Conn., Yale University Art Gallery, American Art from Alumni Collections, Apr. 25–June 16, 1968, ill. as Still Life with Strawberries, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Graham.
- New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, 18th– and 19th– Century American Art from Private Collections, June 27–Sept. 11, 1972, cat., as Bowl of Strawberries, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert C. Graham.
- Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, Three Centuries of American Art, Apr. 11–Oct. 10, 1976, cat., ill. as Still Life with Strawberries, lent by Mr. and Mrs. Robert Graham.
- Tulsa, Okla., Philbrook Art Center, Painters of the Humble Truth: Masterpieces of American Still Life, 1801–1939, Sept. 27–Nov. 1, 1981, ill. as Still Life with Wild Strawberries, lent by Edith and Robert Graham1; Oakland Museum, Dec. 8, 1981–Jan. 24, 1982; Baltimore Museum of Art, Mar. 2–Apr. 25, 1982; New York, National Academy of Design, May 18–July 4, 1982.
- Art Institute of Chicago, Art and Appetite: American Painting, Culture, and Cuisine, Nov. 10, 2013–Jan. 27, 2014; Fort Worth, Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Feb. 22–May 18, 2014.
