Object Record
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Metadata
Title |
Kitchen Interior |
Place of Origin |
Pennsylvania |
Artist or Maker |
Hicks, Thomas (1823-1890) |
Date |
1865 |
Materials |
Oil on panel |
Dimension Details |
Height: 18" Width: 12 7/8" Framed Height: 23" Width: 18 1/4" |
Description |
A woman peeling fruit is seated on a ladder-back side chair in this medium-eye view of a rustic kitchen painted in neutral hues. Her black dress is partially covered with a white apron, and her hair is tucked under a diaphanous lace bonnet. The unpainted room with exposed beams is lined with hanging and shelved tools and a small, worn rug is on the floor beneath the woman’s feet. The end of a stone fireplace is on the left, and a single-drawer work table topped with a bowl of fruit is on the right. A triple-plank door is propped open with a Philadelphia compassed armchair of the second quarter of the eighteenth century to let the sunlight in. A stencil mark of a Parisian canvas maker is on the painting’s back, with the words "FILS" and "PARIS" still visible.Thomas Hicks was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania and began working as a carriage painter. In his early years, he was trained by his cousin, the artist Edward Hicks. He went on to study at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia and later the National Academy of Design in New York and throughout Europe. Known for his portraits, his subjects included notable figures such as Henry Ward Beecher, William Cullen Bryant, and Abraham Lincoln. |
Provenance |
Grand Central Galleries, New York, New York Sold to IBM International Foundation, 1950 Sotheby's, New York, New York, June 14, 1995, Lot 170 for IBM International Foundation, (sold privately after May 25, 1995 sale 6713 of American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture) Purchased by The Dietrich American Foundation, 1995 |
Object Name |
Painting |
Object ID |
6.8.1329 |
Search Terms |
paintings |