* Isaac W. Nuttman (1801-?))

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Description

Isaac W. Nuttman (1801-?)
A Still-Life Painting with Assorted Fruits, Three Radishes and a Robin
oil on wood panel
21 3/8 by 26 1/2 in. 51.4 by 67.2cm

painted circa 1835-1840; in a period gilt frame.

Provenance

Mrs. Iola S. Haverstick, Southport, Connecticut
A Private Collection
Hirschl & Adler, New York

Exhibited

The Initial Loan Exhibition, Museum of Early American Folk Arts, New York, October 5 - November 18, 1962, item 96

Literature

The Initial Loan Exhibition, 1962, full-page illustration and illustrated in a room shot of the exhibition
The Clarion, Fall 1981

Catalogue Note

The unusually fulsome scene depicting, along with the radishes and robin, piles of succulent raspberries in a milk- and frosted-glass compote, strawberries, cherries, black and green grapes, peaches, gooseberries, redcurrants, red and black plums, and half a watermelon.

A xerox copy of the Initial Loan Exhibition catalogue accompanies this lot.