EUR
CAD
AUD
GBP
MXN
HKD
CNY
MYR
SEK
SGD
CHF
THBFrank Tenney Johnson (1874 – 1939) – The Homecoming (1934)
About Seller
11944 North Tracey Road
Hayden, ID 83835
United States
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction specializes in the finest classical Western and American Art representing past masters and outstanding contemporary artists. The auction principals have over 100 years of combined experience in selling fine art and have netted their clients over $325 million in the last fif...Read more
Live Auction in Progress ... Currently on Lot Two ways to bid:
- Leave a max absentee bid and the platform will bid on your behalf up to your maximum bid during the live auction.
- Bid live during the auction and your bids will be submitted real-time to the auctioneer.
Bid Increments
| Price | Bid Increment |
|---|---|
| $0 | $100 |
| $2,000 | $250 |
| $5,000 | $500 |
| $10,000 | $1,000 |
| $20,000 | $2,500 |
| $50,000 | $5,000 |
| $100,000 | $10,000 |
| $200,000 | $25,000 |
| $500,000 | $50,000 |
| $1,000,000 | $100,000 |
About Auction
LiveJul 27, 2024
The 2024 Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, to be held July 27 in Reno, Nevada, will feature 404 selections of unparalleled quality in Western & American Art from historical and contemporary artists such as Howard Terpning, Charles M. Russell, Frederic Remington, William R. Leigh, Albert Bierstadt, W. Herbert Dunton, and more. Coeur d'Alene Art Auction info@cdaartauction.com
View Full Catalog (402)
- Lot Description
Frank Tenney Johnson (1874 – 1939)
The Homecoming (1934)
oil on canvas
18 × 24 inches
signed and dated lower left
Johnson biographer Harold McCracken wrote, “The Frank Tenney Johnson nocturne was something he developed to the point of perfection where it can be considered pretty much his own art form. The most difficult aspect of his nocturne was to achieve the proper simulation of the natural colors of subject and landscape under the glow of moonlight or starlight; colors that varied in density from the close foreground into the farthest depth of the background, as well as the shifting values of light and shadows.”
The artist wrote, “Out in New Mexico, far from the haunts of civilization, and surrounded by veritable desert, with lava fields from extinct volcanos and drifting sands, there stands an ancient Indian Pueblo, perched upon a rocky promontory, with a sinuous, alkali-tainted stream at its base. During the rainy season this stream becomes a raging torrent and overflows the lowlands on which the Indians from the Pueblo plant and raise meager crops of corn, squashes and other vegetables, upon which they subsist, just as they have for many, many generations. After the white man came a railway was constructed around the base of the village, but it has since been removed, and continues through a cut-off many miles to the north, so this sleepy old Adobe Village has regained its tranquility of past generations.”
PROVENANCE
Private collection, Texas
Coeur d’Alene Art Auction, Reno, Nevada, 2006
Private collection, Wyoming
View More InformationCondition
Surface is in good condition. Canvas is lined. Two spots of inpainting in sky in top-center portion. Small spots of inpainting in lower-right corner, near edge of frame. Specks of inpainting in figure, around the doorway, and oven in the lower-left corner.
- Buyer's Premium
