Andrew John Henry Way 1826 - 1888

Oscar and Maria Salzer, Los Angeles, California, by 1964
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1982

San Jose, California, Triton Museum of Art
Lawrence, Kansas, University of Kansas, The Salzer Collection: Trompe-l'Oeil & Still Life Paintings, October-November 1964, no. 45, p. 26
Charlotte, North Carolina, The Mint Museum of Art, The Salzer Collection, Trompe-L'Oeil and Still Life Paintings, A Loan Exhibition, February-March 1965, no. 45
New York, American Federation for the Arts, A Century of American Still-Life Painting: 1813-1913, October 1966-October 1967
Los Angeles, California, University of Southern California; Seattle, Washington, Seattle Museum of Art; Honolulu, Hawaii, Honolulu Academy of Art; Santa Barbara, California, Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Reality and Deception, October 1974-April 1975

Donald J. Brewer, "Reality and Deception: Exhibition at the University of Southern California," American Art Review, January-February 1975, illustrated in color p. 88
Portraits of Objects: Oscar and Maria Salzer Collection, Fresno Metropolitan Museum of Art, History and Science, 1984, no. 44, illustrated in color

Very good condition, unlined, good surface condition; under UV: one L shaped one inch by one inch line of retouching in center vase.
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