Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Photo: Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington
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46.0 Self-Portrait Drawings
Over the course of his career, Johnson did relatively few drawings of himself. He preferred to use himself as a subject for his oils. Along with the oils, the drawings give a chronological progression of how he looked and what affect he wanted to convey in the different decades. —PH
Hills no. 46.0.2
Self-Portrait
Alternate title: possibly Eastman Johnson
c.1850
Locale: Düsseldorf, Germany
Graphite on wove paper
5 3/16 x 4 1/8 in. (13.2 x 10.5 cm)
Inscribed verso: not in Johnson's hand: Self. port. / E. Johnson? / ca. 1850 / [not deciphered]
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Exhibitions
National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin, 100 American Drawings, Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch, September 7–October 8, 1976. (Exhibition catalogue: Hatch and Burger 1976); (Exhibition catalogue: Heim Gallery 1976), no. 58. Traveled to: Heim Gallery, London, October 14–November 12, 1976.
References
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 11, addendum "Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as Eastman Johnson].
100 American Drawings. London: Heim Gallery, 1976. Exhibition catalogue (1976 National Gallery of Ireland), no. 58, Pl. 60, illus.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Johnson, Jonathan Eastman
Biography:
Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824–1906). American portrait and genre painter. Son of Philip Carrigan Johnson and Mary Kimball Chandler Johnson; brother of Reuben, Judith, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Harriet, and Eleanor. Married Elizabeth Williams Buckley (m. 1869); father of Ethel (1870–1931).
Johnson, Jonathan Eastman
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Record last updated April 4, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Self-Portrait, c.1850 (Hills no. 46.0.2)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1142 (accessed on April 25, 2024).