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Title:The Antiquarian
Artist:John Koch (American, Toledo, Ohio 1909–1978 New York)
Date:1953
Medium:Oil on Masonite
Dimensions:16 9/16 x 12 1/16 in. (42.1 x 30.6 cm)
Classification:Paintings
Credit Line:Arthur Hoppock Hearn Fund, 1954
Object Number:54.112
Inscription: Signed (upper right): KOCH
the artist, Paris and New York (1953–54; sold through the Kraushaar Galleries, New York to MMA)
Museum of the City of New York. "John Koch in New York, 1950–1963," November 6, 1963–January 1, 1964, unnumbered cat. (p. 25).
New Brunswick, N.J. Rutgers University Art Gallery. "Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960," January 17–March 26, 1982, no. 76.
Montgomery, Ala. Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts. "Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960," April 15–June 13, 1982, no. 76.
College Park. Art Gallery, University of Maryland. "Realism and Realities: The Other Side of American Painting, 1940–1960," September 7–October 18, 1982, no. 76.
Richmond, Va. Marsh Art Gallery. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 3–February 28, 1997, no. 30.
Little Rock. Arkansas Arts Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 28–May 23, 1997, no. 30.
Newport Beach, Calif. Newport Harbor Art Museum. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," June 20–August 15, 1997, no. 30.
Tulsa, Okla. Philbrook Museum of Art. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," September 12–November 7, 1997, no. 30.
Palm Beach, Fla. The Society of the Four Arts. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," January 9–February 8, 1998, no. 30.
Salina, Kansas. Salina Art Center. "Still Life: The Object in American Art, 1915–1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art," March 6–May 3, 1998, no. 30.
Leslie Cheek Jr. et al. "The Realism of John Koch." American Artist 30 (September 1966), ill. p. 35.
Sabine Rewald inStill Life: The Object in American Art, 1915-1995. Selections from The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Exh. cat., Marsh Art Gallery, Richmond, Va. New York, 1996, pp. 80–81, 90, 169, no. 30, ill. p. 91 (color).
Martha Mabey. "'Still Life' is Fresh Look at Old Genre." Richmond Times-Dispatch (January 19, 1997), p. J2.
Gary Schwan. "Still Life: Still Lively." Palm Beach Post (January 4, 1998), p. 2J, dates it 1954.
William Jaeger. "Looking at 'Still Life' is Almost Like Going Home." Times Union (June 28, 1998), p. 12.
John Koch (American, Toledo, Ohio 1909–1978 New York)
ca. 1956
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