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A Branch of Apple Blossoms
Details
Martin Johnson Heade (1819-1904)
A Branch of Apple Blossoms
signed and dated 'M.J. Heade 1880-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1880.
A Branch of Apple Blossoms
signed and dated 'M.J. Heade 1880-' (lower left)
oil on canvas
14 x 12 in. (35.6 x 30.5 cm.)
Painted in 1880.
Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Fleischman, Detroit, Michigan.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1967.
Lano Association, New York.
Helen Marx, acquired from the above, 1980.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 2011, lot 9, sold by the above (as Apple Blossoms).
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, 1967.
Lano Association, New York.
Helen Marx, acquired from the above, 1980.
Estate of the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 1 December 2011, lot 9, sold by the above (as Apple Blossoms).
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
W.H. Gerdts, R. Burke, American Still-Life Painting, New York, 1971, pp. 94-95, no. 6-7, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade, New Haven, Connecticut, 1975, pp. 123, 254, no. 213, illustrated.
B. Novak, Nature and Culture: American Landscape Painting, 1825-1875, New York, 1980, pp. 128, 310, fig. 66, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, p. 319, no. 482, illustrated.
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade, New Haven, Connecticut, 1975, pp. 123, 254, no. 213, illustrated.
B. Novak, Nature and Culture: American Landscape Painting, 1825-1875, New York, 1980, pp. 128, 310, fig. 66, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
T.E. Stebbins, Jr., The Life and Work of Martin Johnson Heade, New Haven, Connecticut, 2000, p. 319, no. 482, illustrated.
Exhibited
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Center, American Painting 1760-1960, March 3-April 3, 1960, p. 57, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
Tuscon, Arizona, University of Arizona, Art Gallery, American Painting: 1765-1963, February 1-March 29, 1964, pp. 27, 59, no. 40, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
New York, Wickersham Gallery, American Flowers, May 23-June 10, 1967, n.p., no. 15, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland, Art Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Martin Johnson Heade, July 9-December 21, 1969, n.p., no. 42, illustrated.
Tuscon, Arizona, University of Arizona, Art Gallery, American Painting: 1765-1963, February 1-March 29, 1964, pp. 27, 59, no. 40, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
New York, Wickersham Gallery, American Flowers, May 23-June 10, 1967, n.p., no. 15, illustrated (as Apple Blossoms).
Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; College Park, Maryland, University of Maryland, Art Gallery; New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Martin Johnson Heade, July 9-December 21, 1969, n.p., no. 42, illustrated.
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