Ripening Pears
c. 1884/1885
Painter, American, 1853 - 1924
West Building Main Floor, Gallery 69-A
Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
Gift of Ann and Mark Kington/The Kington Foundation and the Avalon Fund
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Dimensions
overall: 30.5 x 61 cm (12 x 24 in.)
framed: 53.34 x 83.19 x 6.99 cm (21 x 32 3/4 x 2 3/4 in.) -
Accession
2004.29.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Los Angeles;[1] purchased 2001 by private collection, California; purchased 5 March 2004 through (Richard York Gallery, New York) by NGA.
[1] This owner told the person who bought the painting in 2001 that it had been in her possession for more than sixty years.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1884
Possibly Seventh Annual Exhibition of the Society of American Artists, National Academy of Design, New York, 1884, as A Good Season.
2008
Feast for the Eyes: American Masterworks from the National Gallery of Art, Academy Art Museum, Easton, Maryland, 2008, no cat.
Bibliography
2004
Kelly, Franklin. "Joseph Decker, Ripening Pears." National Gallery of Art Bulletin, no. 32 (Fall 2004): 18-19, repro.
Inscriptions
lower left: J. Decker.
Wikidata ID
Q20189701