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    		• Coleman, Charles Caryl,
     
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    		• Still Life -- Flower
     
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    Quince Blossoms, (painting).
    Artist: 
    Coleman, Charles Caryl, 1840-1928, painter.
    Title: 
    Quince Blossoms, (painting).
    Dates: 
    1878.
    Medium: 
    Oil on canvas
    Dimensions: 
    31 3/4 x 45 5/8 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Center right:) ROMA 1878 / CCC signed
    Description: 
    Shallow still life depicting three vessels holding arrangements of quince blossoms. The dishes are arranged on a table placed against a wall. An oriental fan adorned with a fish leans against the wall behind some of the flowers. The simplicity of design and flatness of space suggest that this painting was influenced by Japanese art.
    Subject: 
    Still Life -- Flower -- Quince Blossom
    Still Life -- Other -- Dish
    Dress -- Accessory -- Fan
    Object Type: 
    Painting
    Owner: 
    Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, 2800 Grove Avenue, Richmond, Virginia 23221 Accession Number: 90.29
    Provenance: 
    Formerly in the collection of Lindsay, Alexander M., New York, New York after 1883-1920.
    Lindsay, Alexander M., family of,
    Lutomski, Stan, Rochester, New York ca.1982-1984.
    William Doyle Galleries, 175 East 87th Street, New York, New York 10028 Sale (Oct. 24, 1984)
    Williford, Graham, New York, New York 1984-1987.
    Anonymous collection, 1887.
    Jordan-Volpe Gallery, New York, New York 1989.
    References: 
    Rasmussen, William M. S., "American Art to 1900," Antiques 138 (Aug. 1990): pg. 288-291.
    William Doyle Galleries, Sale (Oct. 24, 1984).
    "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 223.
    Illustration: 
    Rasmussen, William M. S., "American Art to 1900," Antiques 138 (Aug. 1990): pg. 290-291 and cover (detail).
    "American Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts," Richmond, VA: Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, in association with University of Virginia Press, Charlottesville, 2010, pg. 222.
    Note: 
    The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
    Repository: 
    Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
    Control Number: 
    IAP 55740244
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