European school impressionistic oil on canvas still life depicting a tabletop display of red and yellow poppies arranged in a basket against a black background. Pencil signed "H.H. vo/an Galker"(?sp) top center en verso with the date 1924. Additional German pencil inscription around the stretcher partially reading geschenk (gift) and dated 1934. Housed in an ebony painted ogee wood frame. Sight – 9" H x 11 3/8" W. Framed – 16 3/4" H x 7 1/8" W. 1st half 20th century. Provenance: The estate of Jean A. Yeatman and Harry C. Yeatman, formerly of Hamilton Place Plantation (near Columbia, Tennessee). CONDITION: Overall craquelure with scattered minor paint loss. Wear/losses to frame.