William Michael Harnett, 1879 - The Artist's Letter Rack - fine art print

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This is the earlier of Harnett’s two known “rack” pictures, a subject he and his contemporary John F. Peto had inherited from seventeenth-century Dutch painters. The wood boards of the background, the pink tape of the rack, the cards and envelopes that are tucked into it, and the surrounding paper scraps are all carefully delineated. Curling edges, subtle shadows, and distinctive textures tease the viewer into imagining that all the painted elements are real. A few clues suggest that the canvas was commissioned by someone associated with the Philadelphia firm C. C. Peirson and Sons, which dealt in woolens and hides.

About the painting with the title "The Artist's Letter Rack"

This 19th century masterpiece was created by William Michael Harnett in 1879. The version of the artpiece had the following size: 30 x 25 in (76,2 x 63,5 cm). Oil on canvas was used by the European artist as the technique for the work of art. Nowadays, the artwork can be viewed in in the digital collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. With courtesy of: The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1966 (license: public domain). Creditline of the artwork: Morris K. Jesup Fund, 1966. On top of that, alignment is in portrait format and has an aspect ratio of 1 : 1.2, meaning that the length is 20% shorter than the width. William Michael Harnett was a painter, whose artistic style can mainly be attributed to Realism. The artist lived for 44 years - born in 1848 in Clonakilty, County Cork, Ireland and deceased in 1892.

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