A realistic oil painting of a torn five dollar bill from the 1800s, some stamps, and a pair of glasses.

Can You Break a Five?

John Haberle (1856-1933)

Date

1888
Object Type

Paintings
Medium

Oil on canvas mounted on panel
Dimensions

7 3/8 x 11 1/4 in.
Inscriptions

Verso:
on backing board: labels [labels are in file]
1. James Maroney
2. handwritten label with title and artist's name
3. Collection of Dr. and Mrs. Irving Levitt
4. La Jolla Museum of Art
Credit Line

Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, Texas
Accession Number

1985.1
Copyright

Public domain

American Still Life

February 14–August 16, 2015

Organized in celebration of a recent acquisition, American Still Life highlights the ability of 19th and 20th-century American artists to celebrate the ordinary through their paintings, whether trompe l’oeil masters or modernist photographers.

Location: On view

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