Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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39.1 U.S. Figure & Landscape Sketches
When he returned to the United States in 1856, Johnson continued to make graphite pencil sketches in notebooks. Those that have survived time generally relate to paintings he did later, such as the many sketches of Nantucket characters or for paintings he was contemplating doing in the future. —PH
Hills no. 39.1.20
Baur no. 410
Figures
Alternate title: Study for Corn Husking
c.1871–75
Locale: Likely Nantucket, Massachusetts
Pencil
12 1/4 x 16 1/4 in. (31.1 x 41.3 cm)
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Description/Remarks
Hills, 2021: This drawing likely is a study for one of Johnson's Nantucket corn husking pictures.
Baur 1940, p. 79: "A boy, seven other figures and two studies of chickens."
References
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. 79, no. 410, as Figures.
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Record last updated March 27, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Figures, c.1871–75 (Hills no. 39.1.20)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1094 (accessed on October 6, 2024).