WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON | UNTITLED (UNINHABITED WAR SCENE)

WILLIAM HENRY JOHNSON
1901 - 1970
UNTITLED (UNINHABITED WAR SCENE)

watercolor, gouache and pencil on tan paper
15 by 20 inches
(38.1 by 50.8 cm)
Executed circa 1943.

Condition Report:
The work retains a sketch in watercolor and gouache on the reverse. The sheet is hinged to the support in two places at the top edge. There are scattered spots of foxing throughout, a few minor scattered surface accretions and some creasing at the upper corners. There's a small scuff between the spokes of the wheel at the right and there is a small tear at the upper center edge.

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Provenance:
Holcha Krake Johnson (the artist's wife)

(probably) Her sister

Gift to the present owner from the above, 1985

The work retains a study in watercolor and gouache on the reverse, which is illustrated at right.