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After Harnett
197620 x 16 in. (50.8 x 40.6 cm)
Kathy Calderwood
United States
Object Type:
Painting
Medium and Support:
Acrylic on masonite panel
Credit Line:
Marion Stratton Gould Fund
Accession Number:
1976.14
Location: Currently on view
Rochester artist Kathy Calderwood brings a pop-culture sensibility to her version of a 19th-century trompe l’oeil (“fool the eye”) painting. William Harnett (1848-1892), cited in the title of her work, was an American artist known for his realistic depictions of still-life elements such as musical instruments, stacks of books, hunting equipment, and sometimes dead game. Here Calderwood provides a plucked Donald Duck, accompanied by an unlucky rabbit, half a banana, a wad of bubble gum, and a newspaper’s comics pages. Calderwood’s modern references are as familiar to modern audiences as Harnett’s original still-life subjects would have been in his era.
--Gallery wall label, July 2018
--Gallery wall label, July 2018
Provenance
Oxford Gallery, Rochester, NY; purchased by the Gallery in 1976
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Exhibition List
This object was included in the following exhibitions:
- Masterpieces for Rochester: Acquisitions Since 1975 11/24/1978 - 1/7/1979
- Uncommon Visions 5/4/1979 - 6/24/1979
Bibliography
This object has the following bibliographic references:
- Article Title: Calderwood. Article Scope: Article and reproduction. Memorial Art Gallery. Gallery Notes. Rochester, New York: Memorial Art Gallery, 1935-1995. Volume Number: 42, Issue Number: 1. Issue Date: July-August 1976.
- Article Author: Searl, Marjorie B.. Article Title: John Haberle: Torn in Transit,1888–89 John Frederick Peto: Articles Hung on a Do. Article Scope: Mention and reproduction. Marjorie B. Searl, ed. Seeing America: painting and sculpture from the collection of the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester. Rochester, NY: Memorial Art Gallery, 2006. Page Number: 104
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