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. 39.1.4
Baur no. 447
Negro Boy's Head
likely 1856–79
Pencil on blue-gray paper
19 x 12 1/2 in. (48.3 x 31.8 cm)
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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. 81, no. 447, as Negro Boy's Head.
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Record last updated December 2, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Negro Boy's Head, likely 1856–79 (Hills no. 39.1.4)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1102 (accessed on April 20, 2024).