In the Orchard
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Name
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In the Orchard
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Summary
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In the Orchard is Edmund C. Tarbell’s image of his wife, Emeline Souther Tarbell, her siblings, and a family friend conversing in a bucolic setting on a summer’s afternoon. The figures have been identified as the artist’s sister-in-law, Lydia, standing at left and shown again, seated and with her back to the viewer, on the right; Lemira Eastman, a family friend, in dark blue; Richmond Souther, leaning over the back of the red bench; and Emeline, wearing a black hat and looking directly at the viewer. Poses and glances tie the five together in an intimate, convivial circle in the beneficent dappled sunlight of the orchard, which stretches away to a white fence in the distance. The work’s informal, contemporary subject, outdoor setting, and bright colors in distinct, rapidly applied paint strokes are hallmarks of the movement known as impressionism, which Americans such as Tarbell emulated from contemporary French artists. (Source: Terra Foundation database)
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Date
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1891
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Dimensions
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60 3/4 x 65 1/2 in. (154.3 x 166.4 cm)
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Provenance
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The artist
Mrs. E. C. Tarbell
Josephine Tarbell Ferrell
Dr. Albert Cannon
National Collection of Fine Arts, Washington, D.C.
Dr. Albert Cannon, Charleston, South Carolina
Vose Galleries, Boston, Massachusetts (partnership Ed Shein)
Herbert M. and Beverly Gelfand, Beverly Hills, California, 1981
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, New York (dealer), Daniel J. Terra Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1992
Terra Foundation for the Arts Collection, Chicago, Illinois, 1999
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Identifier
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1999.141
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Rights
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