realistic rendering of a symmetrical arrangement of food; at the center is an egg, surrounded by two yellow bananas, four red apples, several red potatoes, four pears, and eggs around the outside; horizonal white tablecloth is bunched around arrangement; white ground; arrived in a wooden frame painted antiqued silver

New Potatoes #130, September 30, 1975

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Pears, apples, new potatoes, eggs, and bananas assemble symmetrically as if by magic in Martha Erlebacher's still-life. The artist has carefully observed and recreated every item, including the bunched up cloth that cradles this bounty, in watercolor and pencil. Erlebacher was devoted to making and teaching realist art techniques, but the systematic mirrored arrangement hints at her foundation in abstraction and geometric design.

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Title
New Potatoes #130
Artist Life
1937 - 2013
Role
Artist
Accession Number
2023.42.1
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realistic rendering of a symmetrical arrangement of food; at the center is an egg, surrounded by two yellow bananas, four red apples, several red potatoes, four pears, and eggs around the outside; horizonal white tablecloth is bunched around arrangement; white ground; arrived in a wooden frame painted antiqued silver
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