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DAVID JOHNSON (1827-1908)

Lot 305
23.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1539457
Lot 305 | DAVID JOHNSON (1827-1908)
Estimate value
$ 10 000 – 15 000
DAVID JOHNSON (1827-1908)
Apples and Quinces
signed with initials 'D.J.' (lower right)
oil on board
10 ¼ x 12 ¾ in. (26 x 32.4 cm.)
Painted circa 1857.




Provenance

Mrs. Jacob Baker, by 1966.
Private collection, Taylor, Michigan.
Christie's, New York, 29 May 1987, lot 11, sold by the above.
Private collection, New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, Oklahoma.
Doyle, New York, 19 November 2012, lot 69.
Thomas Colville Fine Art, LLC, New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.



Literature

L. Solis-Cohen, "American Art Week in Manhattan," Maine Antique Digest, March 2013, p. 23-B, illustrated.



Exhibited

Tuscaloosa, Alabama, University of Alabama; Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francis Clark Institute; Des Moines, Iowa, Des Moines Art Center; Hollywood, California, Hollywood Art Center; Portland, Oregon, Portland Museum; Claremont, California, Pomona College; San Jose, California, Triton Museum of Art; Seattle, Washington, Charles and Emma Frye Museum; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland, Museum of Art, A Century of American Still-Life Painting: 1813-1913, October 1966-October 1967, n.p., no. 28 (as Dish of Apples).
Ithaca, New York, Cornell University, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland, The Art Gallery; Athens, Georgia, University of Georgia, Georgia Art Museum; New York, National Academy of Design, Nature Transcribed: The Landscapes and Still Lifes of David Johnson (1827-1908), November 5, 1988-September 10, 1989, pp. 23-24, 65, no. 7, illustrated.
New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., The Apple of America: The Apple in 19th Century American Art, May 6-June 26, 1993, n.p., no. 11, illustrated.
(Probably) Greenwich, Connecticut, Bruce Museum, By Arrangement: Still Life Paintings from the Art Market, November 20, 2004-January 17, 2005.
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