Christie's: FINE AMERICAN PAINTINGS, DRAWINGS AND SCULPTURE: Lot 18
De Scott Evans (1847-1898)
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Free Sample, Try One signed 'S.S. David' (lower right) oil on canvas--unframed 12 x 10 in. (30.5 x 25.4 cm.) PROVENANCE Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York. NOTES The trompe l'oeil paintings by De Scott Evans are considered among the finest examples of 19th century still life painting. De Scott Evans, who favored a variety of pseudonyms such as S.S. David, Stanley S. David and Scott David, painted objects in illusionist niches, such as in the present work, or against flat planes, such as Hanging Apples (lot 28). Of the variety objects available to the artist, peanuts appear most frequently in his trompe l'oeil paintings. After the Civil War peanuts became an important commercial commodity in the United States and would become ideal subjects for 19th century still life artists.
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