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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]
Provenance
Likely Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, before 1939
Elizabeth Price, New York
John Davis Hatch, by 1976 until 1979
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 1979 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1976 National Gallery of Ireland
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
Kennedy Galleries 1920
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].Heim Gallery 1976
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 May 4, 2024).