Pitajaya Fruit, Colombia
date: label: Date
content: June 1853
name: label: Artist
content: Frederic Edwin Church, American, 1826–1900
notes: label: Catalogue Status
content: Research in Progress
label: Description
content: Still life study of pitajaya fruit, also known as dragon fruit, in Colombia. Two pitajayas are prominently situated on a flat stone surface at center. A wedge has been cut out of the rearmost fruit and placed before it at right. A whole pitajaya is placed foremost at left. The fruit's red and green scaly surface, as well as its dark reddish-purple, seeded interior, are clearly on display. Source of light originates out of frame at upper left. Background is nondescript brown wall, shaded at right.
place: label: probably made in
content: Bogotá, Colombia
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content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
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content: Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Louis P. Church
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
identifier: label: Accession Number
content: 1917-4-71
objectType: label: Type
content: nature studies
label: Object Name
content: Drawing
label: Type
content: Drawing
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: CC0
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: Oil and graphite on paperboard
label: Dimensions
content: 29.5 × 36.9 cm (11 5/8 × 14 1/2 in.)