Currier & Ives Tempting fruit

TITLE: Tempting fruit CALL NUMBER: PGA - Currier & Ives--Tempting fruit (A size) [P&P] REPRODUCTION NUMBER: LC-USZ62-10388 (b&w film copy neg.) No known restrictions on publication.

Digital ID: cph 3a12810 Source: b&w film copy neg. Reproduction Number: LC-USZ62-10388 (b&w film copy neg.) Repository: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieve uncompressed archival TIFF version (1,550 kilobytes)

MEDIUM: 1 print : lithograph. CREATED, PUBLISHED: New York : Published by Currier & Ives, c1875. CREATOR: Currier & Ives. NOTES: Currier & Ives : a catalogue raisonné / compiled by Gale Research. Detroit, MI : Gale Research, c1983, no. 6450

FORMAT: Lithographs 1870-1880. REPOSITORY: Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA DIGITAL ID: (b&w film copy neg.) cph 3a12810 hdl.loc.gov/cph.3a12810, CARD #: 2002695797

Credit Line: Library of Congress, Prints & Photographs Division, [reproduction number, LC-USZ62-10388]

MARC Record Line 540 - No known restrictions on publication.

The depiction of inanimate objects is called "still life." Common subjects include flowers and fruit, tableware, books and newspapers, and musical instruments. The function of a still life may be straightforward representation, or the artist may intend to convey a more subtle, moral message.

Traditionally, still lifes and still-life elements of larger compositions have complex iconographical significance. For example, the presence of books, maps, or writing materials in portraiture refers to the sitter's knowledge and education. Cut flowers, a snuffed-out candle, or signs of decay in fruit and other food represent the transience of life and are meant to remind viewers of their own mortality. National Gallery of Art, Themes in American Art: Still Life

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