Still Life with Apples and Bananas, 1925

  • Charles Demuth, American, 1883-1935

Watercolor and graphite pencil on wove paper

  • Sheet: 11 7/8 × 18 inches (30.2 × 45.7 cm)
  • 23 1/16 × 29 3/8 × 1 3/8 inches (58.6 × 74.6 × 3.5 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.253

Signed and dated, in pencil, center right: C. Demuth | Lancaster | Pa. | 1925

Watermark, left edge: (WHAT)MAN 1921 ENGLAND Label, on backing: The Daniel Gallery | 2 West 47 Street | New York | Still Life - Apple | and Bananas by | Charles Demuth

1935, Virginia Nelson

Daniel Gallery (New York, New York, USA)

Robert H. Tannahill [1893-1969] (Grosse Pointe Farms, Michigan, USA)

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Charles Demuth, Still Life with Apples and Bananas, 1925, watercolor and graphite pencil on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.253.