FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON (American 1874-1939). New Mexico Landscape, 1918. Oil on panel. 7-3/4 x 11 inches (19.7 x 27.9 cm)...

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FRANK TENNEY JOHNSON (American 1874-1939)
New Mexico Landscape, 1918
Oil on panel
7-3/4 x 11 inches (19.7 x 27.9 cm)
Signed and inscribed lower left: Frank Tenney Johnson/1918/Miraflores, NM

Provenance:
Private Collection;
Sold to Bill Riffle, 1963;
Gifted by the artist's widow, Vinnie Johnson, to artist William Krehm

New Mexico Landscape depicts part of the Turquoise Trail near the village of Miraflores, located just south of Santa Fe. Johnson's color palette adopts the same cool tones carried in the name of the subject depicted, accentuated by the Jimez mountains appearing in the distant background.

The artwork was gifted to Johnson's friend, framer and fellow artist William Krehm, by the artist's widow Vinnie Johnson. On the reverse, a signed label by Krehm confirms the painting's authenticity.

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