Description:
Marshall Johnson Jr. (American, 1850-1921)
Fishing Boats Beached
Signed and dated "...Johnson JR/84" l.l., titled, signed, and dated "...Marshall Johnson JR/84" in ink on the reverse, also inscribed faintly "...Broad Sound/Boston Harbor" on the reverse, and with a partial handwritten label inscribed "Newbury St./Boston" affixed to the stretcher.
Oil on canvas, 12 1/8 x 18 1/8 in. (30.8 x 46.0 cm),framed.
Condition: Craquelure, frame abrasion, varnish discoloration, surface grime, canvas trimmed and restretched (long ago) so that the first name of the signature is now part of the tacking edge.
Provenance: Purchased from Marine Arts Gallery, Salem, Massachusetts, January 9, 1978 (copy of receipt accompanies the lot); to the estate of Richard L. Elia, Winchester, Massachusetts.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Stretcher with a label from Chas. J. Edmands, Boston.
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