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10.0 Civil War Themes
Johnson was thirty-six years old when the Civil War began. Although he did not serve in the Union Army, he followed the Union troops in search of subjects that would appeal to a pro-Union audience. He also painted pictures of the homefront. —PH
Hills no. 10.0.24
The Pension Claim-Agent
de Young Museum - Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco title: The Pension Claim Agent
Alternate titles: "The Pension Agent"; Pension Agent; The Pension Agent
1867
Oil on canvas
25 1/4 x 37 3/8 in. (64.1 x 94.9 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson./1867
Description / Remarks
Henry T. Tuckerman, Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life, 1867: "Agent seated at table, hat on bed, valise on floor, pen in hand. Soldier stands on crutch. Two old people on side, housewife at cupboard, girl sits peeling apples."
Provenance
Josiah M. Fiske, New York, by 1876 until October 2, 1890
[M. Knoedler & Co., New York, by October 2, 1890 (as "The Pension Agent")]
George Ingraham Seney, New York, October 2, 1890 (by purchase)
[American Art Association, New York, February 11–13, 1891, George I. Seney Sale, no. 227 (as The Pension Agent)]
Thomas B. Clarke, February 13, 1891 (by purchase)
[American Art Association, New York, February 14–18, 1899, The Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke, no. 265 (as The Pension Agent)]
John Levy Galleries, New York
M. Knoedler & Co., New York, owned jointly with Schneider-Gabriel Galleries, by May 18, 1943—June 9, 1943 (as The Pension Agent)
Henry K. S. Williams, San Francisco, June 9, 1943 (by purchase)
de Young Museum, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, June 25, 1943
Exhibitions
1867 Yale School of Fine Arts
Yale School of Fine Arts, New Haven, Connecticut, 1867, no. 98.1867a NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, Forty-Second Annual Exhibition, April 16–July 4, 1867. (Exhibition catalogue: NAD 1867a), no. 452, as The Pension Claim Agent, owner Eastman Johnson.1876 NAD and Met
National Academy of Design and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, The New York Centennial Loan Exhibition, June 23–November 10, 1876, no. 85, as Pension Agent.1880 Hahnemann Hospital Fair
Hahnemann Hospital Fair, Madison Square Garden, New York, April 1880, as The Pension Agent.1892 Union League Club of New York
The Union League Club of New York, New York, Paintings by American Artists, January 14–16, 1892, no. 34, as The Pension Agent.1961 Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Civil War: The Artists' Record, November 17–December 31, 1961. (Williams 1961), no. 228, p. 249. Traveled to: Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, February 1–March 4, 1962.1999 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, October 29, 1999–February 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Carbone and Hills 1999), no. 35, p. 69, as The Pension Claim Agent. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, February 25–May 21, 2000; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, June 8–September 10, 2000.References
Tuckerman 1867
Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 469, as The Pension Claim-Agent.NAD 1867a
Catalogue of the Forty-Second Annual Exhibition. New York: National Academy of Design, 1867. Exhibition catalogue (1867a NAD), no. 452, as The Pension Claim Agent, owner Eastman Johnson.World 1880
"A Disaster at the Fair." World (New York) (April 22, 1880).AAA 1891
Catalogue of Mr. George I. Seney's Important Collection of Modern Paintings. New York: American Art Association, February 11–13, 1891. Sale catalogue, no. 227, p. 246, as The Pension Agent.AAA 1899
Catalogue of the Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke. New York: American Art Association, February 1899. Sale catalogue, no. 265, as The Pension Agent.Fowler 1906
Fowler, Frank. "Eastman Johnson—His Life and Works." Scribner's Magazine 40, no. 2 (August 1906), p. 256, as The Pension Agent.Kennedy Galleries 1920
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 12, addendum "Paintings by Eastman Johnson," as The Pension Agent.Williams 1961
Williams, Hermann Warner. The Civil War: The Artists' Record. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1961. Exhibition catalogue (1961 Corcoran Gallery of Art), p. 249, no. 228, as The Pension Agent.Weinberg 1976
Weinberg, H. Barbara. "Thomas B. Clarke: Foremost Patron of American Art from 1872 to 1899." The American Art Journal 8, no. 1 (May 1976), p. 77, as The Pension Agent, 25 1/4 x 37 1/2.Carbone and Hills 1999
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), p. 69, no. 35, as The Pension Claim Agent.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2018-02-27
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Record last updated May 26, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Pension Claim-Agent, 1867 (Hills no. 10.0.24)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=118 (accessed on May 6, 2024).