George Henry Hall (1825–1913)

GEORGE HENRY HALL (1825–1913)
Watermelon and Pink Perfection, 1866
Oil on canvas, 50 x 40 in.
Signed and dated (at lower left): G. H. Hall / 1866.

RECORDED: William H. Gerdts and Russell Burke, American Still-Life Painting (New York: Praeger Publishers, 1971), pp. 115 fig. 8-6, 120 // Ella M. Foshay, “Charles Darwin and the Development of American Flower Imagery,” Winterthur Portfolio 15 (Winter 1980), p. 309

EX COLL.: [Kennedy Galleries, New York, until 1965]; to private collection, and by descent, 1965–2001; to sale, Sotheby’s New York, November 28, 2001, no. 34; to private collection, 2001–24; to [Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 2024]