# Untitled (Cracked Watermelon)

**Charles Ethan Porter** (1847–1923)  
ca. 1890  
Oil on canvas  
19 1/8 × 28 3/16 in. (48.6 × 71.6 cm)

Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2015.118. [The museum's record](https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/677910).

## About this work

Charles Ethan Porter painted this in about 1890, aged about 38. It is now at The Met in New York.

### How it was made

- **Oil paint.** Pigment ground in a drying oil, usually linseed. It dries slowly, so painters could blend on the canvas, build up thin translucent glazes, and rework a picture over weeks. Canvas replaced wooden panels in the 1500s because it is lighter and can be rolled.

### [Charles Ethan Porter](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/charles-ethan-porter)

1847–1923

## Facts

- Type: Painting
- Culture: American
- The artist was about 38
- Real size: about 19 × 28 in (49 × 72 cm). The 20 × 30 in print is close to life size.
- Century: 19th century
- Movement: [Realism](https://www.ochreeditions.com/movements/realism)
- Subjects: Fruit, Still Life
- Colour: brown
- Rights: public domain (CC0 1.0); free to use for any purpose.

## Get it

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- Image: https://img.ochreeditions.com/a/1278/1920.jpg
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- Framed reproduction: 8 × 10 in $78; 11 × 14 in $98; 12 × 16 in $108; 16 × 20 in $138; 18 × 24 in $164; 20 × 30 in $208
- Canvas reproduction: 8 × 10 in $58; 11 × 14 in $72; 12 × 16 in $79; 16 × 20 in $98; 18 × 24 in $118
- Print-ready file: 8 × 10 in $2; 11 × 14 in $2; 12 × 16 in $3; 16 × 20 in $3; 18 × 24 in $3; 20 × 30 in $5

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