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A peach is placed on a flat surface. The peach is colored in shades of pink, orange, yellow, and subtle purples. The background is a dark brown tone. The peach is slightly left of center, casting a shadow towards the lower right.
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A peach is placed on a flat surface. The peach is colored in shades of pink, orange, yellow, and subtle purples. The background is a dark brown tone. The peach is slightly left of center, casting a shadow towards the lower right.

National Gallery of Art · Drawing

A Peach

Otto Heinigke

Date
1878
Medium
watercolor on wove paper
Dimensions
sheet: 12.7 × 13.97 cm (5 × 5 1/2 in.)
Classification
Drawing
Accession number
2018.44.51
Credit line
Gift of William and Abigail Gerdts
Time span
1876 to 1900
Department
CG-W
Original NGA record Wikidata

Subjects and terms

  • American
  • fruit
  • still
  • Peaches
Provenance

William and Abigail Gerdts, New York; gift to NGA, 2018

Inscription

lower right in graphite: OH 78; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: DG 344

NGA object ID 214171. Collection metadata is reproduced under CC0. This work is included because its NGA published-image record is marked open access; visitors should recheck the source record before substantial reuse.