Ripening Pears, c. 1884/1885

West Building, Main Floor — Gallery 69

Medium

oil on canvas

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.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ann and Mark Kington/The Kington Foundation and the Avalon Fund

Accession Number

2004.29.1

Artists / Makers

Joseph Decker (painter) American, 1853 - 1924

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left: J. Decker.

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

Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
Private Collection (NGA Former Owner)
York Gallery, Richard

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.