Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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24.0 Adolescent Girls
As Johnson got to know his nieces and also his daughter Ethel during their teen-aged years, he realized that they were not just genteel creatures who read books, but also smart young adults who read newspapers. Of all American artists, Johnson is perhaps the only artist (besides women artists such as Lily Martin Spencer and Mary Cassatt) who shows women reading newspapers. —PH
Hills no. 24.0.2
1907 Sale no. 31
Wronged
c.1870–79
Oil
16 x 12 in. (40.6 x 30.5 cm)
Initialed lower right: E. J.
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Description/Remarks
Hills, 2022: Although John I. H. Baur owned and annotated a copy of the catalogue of Johnson's 1907 Estate Sale, he did not include this work in his own 1940 catalogue listing; he must have obtained it after publication.
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 31: "A young lady dressed entirely in black, with a broad belt buckle shining at her waist and a triple metal chain around her neck, sits in an arm-chair, over which has been thrown a red shawl, her right arm akimbo and her left hand raised to her face. Her eyes are turned away, and her expression suggests disappointment or a kindred emotion."
Signed at the lower right, E. J.
"Height, 16 inches; width, 12 inches."
[Annotation: “27.50”]
Signed at the lower right, E. J.
"Height, 16 inches; width, 12 inches."
[Annotation: “27.50”]
Provenance
References
Catalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N.A. New York: American Art Association, February 1907. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 31, as Wronged.
Catalogue of Valuable Oil Paintings to be Sold by Order of Several Executors and Private Estates, also Property of Mrs. Williams-Heye and W. K. Wilson, Esq. New York: Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, 1914. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 161, as Wronged, 16 x 12.
Record last updated April 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Wronged, c.1870–79 (Hills no. 24.0.2)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1168 (accessed on October 12, 2024).