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Still Life with Books

Close up of Still Life with Books

A stack of books sitting on a red tabletop in front of a speckled brown background. One of the books is flipped open with another closed book keeping it open.
A stack of books sitting on a red tabletop in front of a speckled brown background. One of the books is flipped open with another closed book keeping it open.
Claude Raguet Hirst, Still Life with Books, ca. 1910-20; Watercolor on paper, 16 x 22 1/2 in.; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay; Photo by Lee Stalsworth

Artwork Details

  • Artist

    Claude Raguet Hirst

  • Title

    Still Life with Books

  • Date

    ca. 1910-20

  • Medium

    Watercolor on paper

  • Dimensions

    16 x 22 1/2 in.

  • Donor Credit

    Gift of Wallace and Wilhelmina Holladay

  • Image Credit

    Photo by Lee Stalsworth

  • On Display

    No

The Artist, Claude Raguet Hirst

Claude Raguet Hirst was the only American woman noted for painting hyperrealistic still lifes at the turn of the 20th century.