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Photo: Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection
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44.2 Euro Portrait Drawings, Men, Unidentified
The men in these portraits have not yet been identified by name. However, the drawings are known or believed to have been done in Europe based on evidence including their inscriptions, clues to the sitters' identities, and the appearance of the sitters and style of the drawings when images are available. Johnson studied and worked in Europe (in Düsseldorf, The Hague, and briefly in Paris) from 1849 to 1855. —AM
Hills no. 44.2.7
Baur no. 353
Head of a Man
Alternate titles: Head; Portrait Head; Portrait of a Gentleman Smoking a Pipe
c.1854–55
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Charcoal heightened with white on tan paper
11 3/4 x 9 1/4 in. (29.8 x 23.5 cm)
Initialed lower right, in Johnson's hand: E.J.
Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: The bowl of the man's pipe is not visible in the composition. The pipe may be an especially long-stemmed style intended to keep smoke away from the smoker.
Provenance
Likely Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until c. 1923 (likely by purchase from Mrs. Johnson in 1915)
The Free Library of Philadelphia, The Rosenthal Collection of Drawings by American Artists, c. 1923 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1999 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, October 29, 1999–February 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Carbone and Hills 1999), no. 14, as Portrait of a Gentleman Smoking a Pipe. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, February 25–May 21, 2000; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, June 8–September 10, 2000.References
Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 76, no. 353, as Head.Carbone and Hills 1999
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), p. 31, no. 14, as Portrait of a Gentleman Smoking a Pipe.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1971-03-29
Examination notes: Short, choppy strokes around eyes and on nose.
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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Head of a Man, c.1854–55 (Hills no. 44.2.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1023 (accessed on April 29, 2024).