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David Johnson American, 1827-1908 Dish of Apples and Quinces, circa 1857 Signed with the artist's initials D.J. (lr) Oil on canvasboard 10 3/8 x 12 1/2 inches Provenance: Private collection, Oklahoma Exhibited: Ithaca, New York, Herbert F. Johnson Museum of Art, Cornell University, Nature Transcribed: The Landscapes and Still-Lifes of David Johnson (1827-1908), Nov. 5-Dec. 23, 1988, no. 7 (pp. 23-24, illus., 65 as Apples and Quinces) Traveled to: College Park, MD, The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, Jan. 31-Mar. 5, 1989; Athens, GA, Georgia Art Museum, University of Georgia, Mar. 25-May 7, 1989; National Academy of Design, New York, New York, July 10-Sept. 10, 1989 New York, Berry-Hill Galleries, The Apple of America: The Apple in 19th Century American Art, May 6-June 26, 1993, no. 11 (pp. 11, 25 col. illus.) Greenwich, CT, Bruce Museum, By Arrangement: Still Life Paintings from the Art Market, Nov. 20, 2004-Jan. 17, 2005 Literature: Owens, Gwendolyn Nature Transcribed: The Landscape and Still Lifes of David Johnson (1827-1908). exhi. cat. New Haven, CT: Eastern Press, 1988, no. 7, pp. 23-24 illus., 65 (as Apples and Quinces). Weber, Bruce, The Apple of America: The Apple in 19th Century American Art. exhi. cat. New York: Berry-Hill Galleries, 1993, pp. 11, 25 col. illus. David Johnson was among the artists of the Hudson River School who painted still lifes, although only four surviving examples are known. As in his landscapes, he rendered his subject two Northern Spy apples and two yellow quinces with highly controlled brushwork, rendering the irregular shapes and imperfections of the fruit in a manner in keeping with a general mid-nineteenth century interest in scientific detail. Johnson signed this work with his initials, a form he continued until about 1863, when he began to sign with interlaced monogram. C The Spanierman Gallery, LLC Collection of American Art