Object Details
- Artist
- Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
- Catalogue Status
- Research in Progress
- Description
- Still life study of pitajaya fruit, also known as dragon fruit, in Colombia. Two pitajayas are prominently situated on a flat stone surface at center. A wedge has been cut out of the rearmost fruit and placed before it at right. A whole pitajaya is placed foremost at left. The fruit's red and green scaly surface, as well as its dark reddish-purple, seeded interior, are clearly on display. Source of light originates out of frame at upper left. Background is nondescript brown wall, shaded at right.
- Credit Line
- Gift of Louis P. Church
- June 1853
- Accession Number
- 1917-4-71
- Restrictions & Rights
- CC0
- Type
- nature studies
- Object Name
- Drawing
- Type
- Drawing
- Medium
- Oil and graphite on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 29.5 × 36.9 cm (11 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)
- probably made in
- Bogotá, Colombia
- See more items in
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
- Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
- Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
- Record ID
- chndm_1917-4-71
- GUID (Link to Original Record)
- http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq4f8efcb99-1413-4de9-9c8f-740ee7103da7
