Painted Tray with Fruit

American School

Painted Tray with Fruit
Unsigned, ca. 1830-35
Oil with the use of stencils on velvet
19” x 21 ½”, 24” x 26 ½” (frame)
Full condition report available upon request.
Provenance: The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou, Litchfield, Connecticut, thence by descent.
Illustrated: Where Liberty Dwells: 19th-Century Art by the American People, Works of Art from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Peter Tillou (Peter H. Tillou, 1976), pl. 50.
Exhibited: Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1976; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1976; Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 1977; Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1977.
The arrangement of this still-life and the flatness in which it is painted represents the hand of a true American folk artist. Clearly self-taught, we admire the artist for this bold composition and the positioning of each element of fruit displayed on a tray.

Price: $9,500