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Hadrian's Villa

1958
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Peter Blume

(American, born Russian Empire [now Belarus], 1906–1992)
Culture
America
Medium
oil on canvas
Measurements
Framed: 93 x 108.6 x 7 cm (36 5/8 x 42 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.); Unframed: 76.2 x 91.5 cm (30 x 36 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Edward L. Holsten 1958.318
Copyright
© [year] The Educational Alliance, Inc. / Estate of Peter Blume / Licensed by VAGA at Artists Rights Society (ARS), NY
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Location
Not on view
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Born Piotr Sorek-Sabel to Russian Jewish parents, the future artist emigrated to the U.S. in 1911.

Description

Peter Blume depicts a scene he witnessed at the ruins of Hadrian's Villa in Tivoli, Italy, where a group of workers harvested olives from a gnarled tree. While some of the figures climb ladders to access the fruit, others gather it in baskets. Ruined buildings frame the olive tree, contrasting the bounty of the harvest with decay.
Horizontally oriented, stylized oil painting depicting people with light to medium-light skin tones harvesting olives from a gnarled tree. Some stand on ladders leaned at angles against the tree, waving thin, light brown sticks taller than them. At the tree's base, others lift the edges of a yellow-brown cloth, one kneeling over one of the baskets placed among the olives scattered across it. Crumbled, brick buildings frame the tree in front of a blue sky.

Hadrian's Villa

1958

Peter Blume

(American, born Russian Empire [now Belarus], 1906–1992)
America

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