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Detail of Johnson painting a study of Katrina Trask, c. 1887, from photo courtesy of the Corporation of Yaddo
Johnson painting study of Katrina Trask on porch of original Trask home in Saratoga Springs, NY
Photo: Unknown, c. 1887, courtesy of The Corporation of Yaddo
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31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women
Johnson’s paintings of women are often his best portraits, exhibiting a range of techniques and emphasizing their intelligent faces even when enwrapped in sumptuous fabrics, such as we see in Edwina Booth. —PH
Provenance
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Esmay 2013
Esmay, Lynn. Lady of Yaddo: The Gilded Age Memoir of Katrina Trask. Diamond Point, NY: French Mountain Press, 2013, p. 102, reproduction of photo of Johnson painting Katrina Trask on porch at Yaddo.Sitter Biography
Sitter: Trask, Katrina Nichols (Mrs. Spencer Trask)
Biography:
Katrina (Kate) Nichols Trask (1853–1922). Daughter of George Livingston Nichols and Christina Marie Cole. Wife of Spencer Trask, with whom she founded the artists’ retreat Yaddo; mother of Spencer, Jr. and Christina. All were portrayed by Johnson.
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Trask, Katrina Nichols (Mrs. Spencer Trask)
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Record last updated July 29, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Katrina Nichols Trask, c.1887 (Hills no. 31.3.57)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1176 (accessed on April 29, 2024).