Lot 15
  • 15

William Henry Johnson

Estimate
30,000 - 40,000 USD
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Description

  • William Henry Johnson
  • Two Red Barns
  • signed W.H. Johnson (lower right)
  • oil on canvas, unframed
  • 20 3/8 by 24 1/2 inches
  • (51.5 by 62.3 cm)
  • Painted circa 1935.

Provenance

Kjellau and Reverend Lars Tjensvoll, Volda, Norway (circa 1935)
By descent in the family of the above, to 1994
Private Collection, New York

Exhibited

Los Angeles, Steve Turner Gallery; Baton Rouge, Louisiana Arts and Science Center; Chicago, Terra Museum of American Art; Montclair Museum of Art; Little Rock, Arkansas Art Center, William H. Johnson: Truth Be Told, 1998 - 1999, cat. no. 35

Literature

Twentieth Century American Art, Steve Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, 1995, no. 20, illustrated
Steve Turner and Victoria Daley, William H. Johnson: Truth Be Told, Los Angeles, 1998, no. 35, illustrated

Condition

SURFACE: Canvas is in very good condition. UNDER UV: A three inch crack has been repaired on the upper left quadrant of the sky.
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Catalogue Note

The present work depicts two storage buildings on the property of Henrik Kaarstad, outside of Volda, Norway.