Charles Alfred Meurer
Still Life with One Dollar Bill
1900
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Charles Alfred Meurer
Still Life with One Dollar Bill
1900
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Unframed: 10 3/4 x 21 3/8 in. (27.3 x 54.3 cm) Framed: 14 1/2 x 25 x 2 1/4 in. (36.8 x 63.5 x 5.7 cm) Sight: 10 3/8 x 20 1/2 in. (26.4 x 52.1 cm)
Credit Line
W. Clagett Emory Bequest Fund, in Memory of his Parents, William H. Emory of A and Martha B. Emory
Object Number
1973.13
Although he occasionally painted portraits and landscapes, Meurer specialized in trompe l'oeil (in English, deceive the eye) still life throughout his long career. Here, various objects lie scattered beneath a piece of broken glass, within a painted frame. Legible on the envelope above the carefully rendered dollar bill are the artist's name and address in Paris where he studied at the famed Académie Julian. While seemingly a random selection, the full significance accorded these items by the artist and their association with one another remains unknown.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1973; Noah Goldowsky, Inc., New York; Adelson Gallery, Boston
Noah Goldowsky, Inc., New York, "American 19th Century Still-Life Paintings," 1972
Sona Johnston, BMA organized, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art;" circulated to The Academy Art Museum, Easton, August 3 - October 6, 2007
Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010 - October 10, 2010.
Sona Johnston, BMA organized, "The Art of Still Life from The Baltimore Museum of Art;" circulated to The Academy Art Museum, Easton, August 3 - October 6, 2007
Mitchell Gallery, St. John's College, Annapolis, August 25, 2010 - October 10, 2010.
Sona K. Johnston, "American Painting 1750-1900 from the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," 1983, pp. 102-103, ill. p. 103.
Inscribed: RECTO: Lower right "C.A. Meurer/1900"
