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Explosion of the Pot of Apples
David Claypoole Johnston (American, 1798–1865)
1820–65
Medium/Technique
Graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 16.2 x 10.5 cm (6 3/8 x 4 1/8 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number60.1041
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat. 433
DescriptionMen and women before a fire, on which a pot is bursting open.
InscriptionsInscribed in graphite lower right: p. 134; below: Explosion of the pot of apples
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA September 21, 1960