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. 39.1.5
Baur no. 457
Shy Boy
likely 1860–69
Charcoal
11 x 9 in. (27.9 x 22.9 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
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Description/Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: Although this drawing measures 11 x 9 inches, it may have been larger at one time. According to John I. H. Baur's Notebook #1, 1938–1941, the drawing "looks cut down."
Provenance
References
Baur, John I. H. Notebook #1. 1938–41. John I. H. Baur papers, 1946–1979, Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, p. 1/58, as Shy Boy.
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. 457, as Shy Boy.
Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Shy Boy, likely 1860–69 (Hills no. 39.1.5)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1105 (accessed on May 1, 2025).