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Lunchtime Rest
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Lunchtime Rest

William H. Johnson (American, 1901–1970)
about 1940–41
Medium/TechniqueTempera, pen and ink with pencil on paper
DimensionsImage: 28.6 × 37.5 cm (11 1/4 × 14 3/4 in.)
Framed: 52.4 × 62.5 × 2.2 cm (20 5/8 × 24 5/8 × 7/8 in.)
Credit LineThe John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection
Accession number2011.1794
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPaintings
Collections
ProvenanceGift of the artist to David and Helen Harriton; to Lewis Harriton and Carol Harriton Cartwright, their children; by 1993, with June Kelly Gallery, New York; December 1993, sold by June Kelly Gallery to John Axelrod, Boston; 2011, sold by Axelrod to the MFA. (Accession date: June 22, 2011)
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