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Still Life
Still Life

Still Life

Artist William Michael Harnett American, born Ireland, 1848–1892
Date1885
MediumOil on panel
Dimensionsheight and width: 13 3/4 × 10 3/8 in. (34.9 × 26.4 cm)
frame: 20 5/8 × 17 1/8 × 1 1/2 in. (52.4 × 43.5 × 3.8 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineGift of Ann and Jim Goodnight
Terms
  • still lifes
Object number2019.20
On View
On view
Provenance**Created United States, collection of the artist; sold to George Richmond (1809–1896), R.A., London, 1885; [Richmond Estate Sale, Christie, Manson & Woods, London, May 1, 1897, no. 4]; Sir William Rann Kennedy (1846–1915), London [1]; by descent in family [2]; [Christie, Manson & Woods, London, February 19, 1971, no. 177] [3]; Armand Hammer Foundation, Los Angele; [Debra Force Fine Art, New York, 2019]; sold to NCMA, 2019.

[1] Son-in-law of George Richmond.
[2] Per Christie’s.
[3] “Property of a lady.”
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