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Sketch from Nature: Pear Tree in Blossom
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DAVID JOHNSON (1827-1908)
Sketch from Nature: Pear Tree in Blossom
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'DJ May 17/ 1874.' (lower right)—inscribed with title and signed and dated again (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
20 x 13 ½ in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1874.
Sketch from Nature: Pear Tree in Blossom
signed with initials in monogram and dated 'DJ May 17/ 1874.' (lower right)—inscribed with title and signed and dated again (on the reverse prior to lining)
oil on canvas
20 x 13 ½ in. (50.8 x 34.3 cm.)
Painted in 1874.
Provenance
M.R. Schweitzer Gallery, New York.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 8 December 1983, lot 37.
Graham Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1983.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1997, lot 238, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Sotheby Parke-Bernet, New York, 8 December 1983, lot 37.
Graham Gallery, New York, acquired from the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above, circa 1983.
Sotheby's, New York, 6 June 1997, lot 238, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
G. Owens, "A Working List of Paintings by David Johnson," Nature Transcribed: The Landscapes and Still Lifes of David Johnson (1827-1908), exhibition catalogue, Ithica, New York, 1988, p. 81 (as Study from Nature: Pear Tree and Blossom).
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