Museum of Fine Arts, Boston: The Museum Year 2011

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Art of the Americas: July 2009–June 2011


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Lunchtime Rest

about 1940–41
William H. Johnson
50.8 x 61 cm (20 x 24 in.)
Tempera, pen and ink with pencil on paper

Classification: Paintings

Accession number: 2011.1794

Provenance/Ownership History: Gift 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)

The John Axelrod Collection—Frank B. Bemis Fund, Charles H. Bayley Fund, and The Heritage Fund for a Diverse Collection