Ripening Pears

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.

Ripening Pears

Decker, Joseph

c. 1884/1885

Accession Number

2004.29.1

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.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

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