Corn and Peaches
Charles Demuth
American, 1883–1935
1929
A watercolor and pencil still life in which Charles Demuth renders ears of corn and ripe peaches with delicate washes and precise drawing to elevate ordinary farm produce into a clear, modern composition.
What strikes you is the cool clarity of the pale paper, where translucent color and crisp pencil contours make the fruits feel both tenderly observed and quietly monumental against an almost empty background.
By combining faithful observation with a spare, modernist arrangement, this work shows how early 20th‑century American artists turned commonplace objects into studies of form, light, and national identity.
Medium
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Dimensions
13 3/4 x 19 3/4" (35 x 50.2 cm)
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Credit
Gift of Abby Aldrich Rockefeller
Accession
53.1935
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