Still Life with Corn

Still Life with Corn

Charles Ethan PorterWW-1880-336310
1880·Watercolor on paper·10 1/2 in. × 17 in. (26.7 × 43.2 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

Purchase, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund and Cordelia and Jesse Zanger and Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation Gifts, 2016

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Year
1880
Dimensions
10 1/2 in. × 17 in. (26.7 × 43.2 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)

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Charles Ethan Porter

Charles Ethan Porter was an American painter who specialized in still life painting. A student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, he was one of the first African Americans to exhibit there. He was the only African-American artist at the turn of that century who painted in still life and the first known professional Black artist to concentrate on still life.

Hartford, CT, USA

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Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)

Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)

1885 · Oil on canvas

WW-1885-336307

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Year
1880
Dimensions
10 1/2 in. × 17 in. (26.7 × 43.2 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
Watts ID
WW-1880-336310

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