Lot Essay
Executed circa 1850s.
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Property of a New York Estate
David Claypoole Johnston (1799-1865)
Self Portrait
Details
David Claypoole Johnston (1799-1865)
Self Portrait
signed 'David C. Johnston' prior to restoration (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on board
28 x 21 in. (71.5 x 51.5 cm.)
Self Portrait
signed 'David C. Johnston' prior to restoration (on the reverse)
oil on paper laid down on board
28 x 21 in. (71.5 x 51.5 cm.)
Provenance
Victor Spark, New York.
Literature
J.B. Millet, ed. George Fuller: His Life and Works, Boston, Massachusetts, p. 91.
C. de Kay, "George Fuller, Painter," Magazine of Art, vol. 12, 1889, p. 354.
C. de Kay, "George Fuller, Painter," Magazine of Art, vol. 12, 1889, p. 354.
Exhibited
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Memorial Exhibition of the Works of George Fuller, 1884, no. 56.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition, September 1989-July 1990, pp. 151-153, p. 152, no. 112, illustrated (and traveling).
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Paris 1889: American Artists at the Universal Exposition, September 1989-July 1990, pp. 151-153, p. 152, no. 112, illustrated (and traveling).