Image Unavailable
Hadrian's Villa
1958
Peter Blume
Peter Blume (American, 1906–1992)
American Painting and Sculpture
Hadrian's Villa, 1958. Peter Blume (American, 1906–1992). Oil on canvas; framed: 93 x 108.6 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten 1958.318 © [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY American artist Peter Blume depicts a scene he witnessed at the ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, where a group of workers harvested olives from a monumental olive tree. While some of the men and women climb the tree, others gather the fruit in baskets. Ruined buildings frame the olive tree, contrasting the bounty of the harvest with decay.
- Maker/Artist
- Blume, Peter
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 93 x 108.6 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Peter Blume, 1958
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1958.318
- Credit Line
- Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten
- Exhibitions
- Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis, Artlens Exhibition 2017, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia (11/12/2014 - 4/5/2015) and Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT (6/27/2015 - 9/20/2015): "Peter Blume: Nature and Metamorphosis'
- Rights Statement
- Copyrighted undefined
Have a concern, a correction, or something to add?
