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Title
Still
Life--Writing
Table
.
Creator
Harnett, William Michael (American painter, 1848-1892)
Date
1877
Cultural Context
American
North American
Theme
Paintings (visual works)
Oil paintings (visual works)
Still lifes
Business (commercial function)
Tables (support furniture)
Furniture
Books
Gazetteers (dictionaries)
Dictionaries
Reference sources
Directories
Geography
Money
Coins (money)
Paper money
Greenbacks
Correspondence
Business letters
Letters (correspondence)
Handwriting
Pens (drawing and writing)
Quill pens
Quill (feather)
Writing instruments
Envelopes
Postmarks
Marks (symbols)
Inkwells
Containers (receptacles)
Inscriptions
Signatures (names)
Subject
Paintings
Oil paintings
Still life paintings
Still lifes
Business & finance
Tables
Furniture
Books
Encyclopedias & dictionaries
Geography
Money
Coins
Greenbacks
Correspondence
Pens
Writing materials
Envelopes
Marks (Symbols)
Containers
Inscriptions
Artists' signatures
Description
“In
The
Writing
Table
,
eight
meticulously
described
items
are
arranged
on a
cool
green
trompe-l’oeiled
marble
slab
: a
hefty
leather-bound
tome
; a
small
shiny
gold
or
copper
coin
; a
sparkling
silver
coin
; a
roll
of
well-worn
five-dollar
bills
; a
folded
,
handwritten
letter
; a
quill
pen
; a
postmarked
envelope
; and a
smudged
ink
pot
. What
is
readable
of the
letter
suggests
business
correspondence
,
which
can
be
pieced
together
thus
:
“received
you[r]
…
early
part
of
last
mo[nth]
and was
extremely
glad
to
hear
that
[yo]u
had
succe[ss]
reflecting
….”
The
book
, a
geographical
index
,
is
entitled
U.S
.
Gazetteer
,
Vol
.
II
.
Artfully
balanced
and
monumentally
scaled
,
all
the
objects
in this
small
painting–cash
,
correspondence
,
writing
tools
,
geographic
directory–come
together
to
suggest
a
world
of
business
.
Moreover
, a
world
of
business
that
is
carefully
ordered
,
solid
,
experienced
, and
useful.”
(excerpt
,
pp.278
,
280)
Material
Oil on canvas
Oil paint (pigmented coating)
Paint
Canvas
Measurements
8 x 12 in
Technique
Oil painting (technique)
Painting (image-making)
Inscription
Lower left corner of tabletop: artist's signature.
Work Type
Paintings
Oil paintings
Still life paintings
Still lifes
Repository
Philadelphia Museum of Art (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania)
Source
Lubin, David M. Picturing a Nation: Art and Social Change in Nineteenth-Century America. New Haven: Yale UP, 1994. (fig.155, p.279)
Rights
Photo/illustration credit/reproduced in Lubin courtesy: Philadelphia Museum of Art. Alex Simpson, Jr., Collection.
Digital Publisher
University of Louisville Department of Fine Arts/Allen R. Hite Art Institute Visual Resources Center
Format
image/jpeg
Digital File Name
VRC
1269-32.jpg
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