Untitled
ClassificationsPaintings-oils
Artist
Alberta Binford McCloskey
(American, 1855 - 1911)
Date1902
Made AtCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsFramed: 44 × 54 × 4 1/2 in. (111.8 × 137.2 × 11.4 cm)
Credit LineGift of Mrs. Eleanor Russell
Object number74.22.20
DescriptionAt the turn of the 20th century, Alberta McCloskey was living in San Francisco near Napa and Sonoma counties, the largest wine region of California at the time. She made a large-scale still life of mixed varieties of grapes heaped high on a tabletop. Grapes were already essential to California’s prosperity; nearly 300 grape varieties were grown in the state, supplying some 800 wineries. California’s geographic diversity allowed for a variety of wine regions to develop. Today, California wine accounts for over 80 percent of American wine production. On View
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