Still Life with Corn
Charles Ethan PorterWW-1880-336310
Purchase, Marguerite and Frank A. Cosgrove Jr. Fund and Cordelia and Jesse Zanger and Bonnie Johnson Sacerdote Foundation Gifts, 2016
Catalogue
- Year
- 1880
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 in. × 17 in. (26.7 × 43.2 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Artist
- Charles Ethan Porter
Artist
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Charles Ethan Porter
Charles Ethan Porter was an American painter who specialized in still life painting. A student at the National Academy of Design in New York City, he was one of the first African Americans to exhibit there. He was the only African-American artist at the turn of that century who painted in still life and the first known professional Black artist to concentrate on still life.
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- Charles Ethan Porter
- Year
- 1880
- Medium
- Watercolor on paper
- Dimensions
- 10 1/2 in. × 17 in. (26.7 × 43.2 cm) Mat: 22 × 28 in. (55.9 × 71.1 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1880-336310
Source
- Collection
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Source
- met
- Reference
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- Status
- verified