Trompe L'Oeil Still Life with a Book, Apples, Grapes, a Biscuit with Crumbs, Match Sticks and a Smoldering Cigarette atop a Marble Block, (painting).

Trompe L'Oeil Still Life with a Book, Apples, Grapes, a Biscuit with Crumbs, Match Sticks and a Smoldering Cigarette atop a Marble Block, (painting).

Meurer, Charles A., 1865-1955, painter.

Trompe L'Oeil Still Life with a Book, Apples, Grapes, a Biscuit with Crumbs, Match Sticks and a Smoldering Cigarette atop a Marble Block, (painting).

Digital Reference:

5 1/4 x 8 1/2 in.

(Lower right:) CA Meurer / 1904 signed

A trompe l'oeil still life painting depicting a book, three apples, grapes, a biscuit with crumbs, four spent match sticks, and a smoldering cigarette all placed atop a square marble block.

Still Life -- Trompe L'Oeil

Still Life -- Written Matter -- Book

Still Life -- Fruit -- Apple

Still Life -- Fruit -- Grape

Still Life -- Other -- Smoking Material

Lancaster, James Michael, 4327 Kentucky Highway 10, Dover, Kentucky 41034

Formerly located Cincinnati, Ohio

Formerly in the collection of Scanlon, Lelia,

Acquired from Adam A. Weschler & Son, Washington, District of Columbia April 12, 2003.

Lancaster, James Michael, 2005.

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