"Painting made in about 1932 or 3. Made in the old studio before the fire, a still life, of loved old antiques. Hung for several years in the parlor of the Weldon Hotel over the piano. Very rich in color, my finest still-life. Shawl red, cream, gray and black; purple and red fuchsia in brass bucket, bottle, jade green; Greek tanagra tan."
"Very rich in color - my finest still life. Shaw - red, cream, gray and black; purple and red fuscia - in brass bucket; bottle, jade green; Greek tanagratan, old plate (My Grandmother's too) - red and green. As fine a piece of painting as I have done. _ _ _ _ $750.00"
My Grandmother's Lamp, a large still-life of antique bottles, lamp, plate, brass kettle etc., a fuchsia plant in bloom, all set out on an old cherry table draped with an old red plaid shawl."
"Variety, too, is present, and we see a change from pure landscape in the decorative still-life of My Grandmother's Lamp, with its clear piece of old Sandwich glass, its three pomegranates and china plate, all set off by the folds of a handsome black, white and red plaid shawl."
Below are three images we captured from RSW's 1932 diary during the days he painted My Grandmother's Lamp, as well as the day he had it shipped to New York for the upcoming annual, National Academy of Design show.