Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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39.1 U.S. Figure & Landscape Sketches
When he returned to the United States in 1856, Johnson continued to make graphite pencil sketches in notebooks. Those that have survived time generally relate to paintings he did later, such as the many sketches of Nantucket characters or for paintings he was contemplating doing in the future. —PH
Hills no. 39.1.30v
Baur no. 52
The Cranberry Pickers (A Study) [verso of The Cranberry Pickers (A Study)]
c.1876–80
Graphite on artist's board
22 7/8 x 12 1/2 in. (58.1 x 31.8 cm)
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Markings
Inscribed upper right, upside down: [?]/4; along upper right edge, sideways: WU4063; to left of prior inscription, sideways: 8987; to left of prior inscription, sideways: 17[?]435; lower along right edge, sideways: 4947; lower along right edge, sideways: 97[?]; along lower right edge, sideways: WU4063; center, sideways: AD [inside a circle]
Labels
Inscribed on label, lower right, sideways: 1475/"The Berry Pickers"/by/Eastman Johnson/12 x 23
Provenance
References
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), p. 62, no. 52.
Crosby, Everett U. Eastman Johnson at Nantucket: His Paintings and Sketches of Nantucket People and Scenes. Nantucket, MA, 1944, p. 13, C.10.
Record last updated February 15, 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 Cranberry Pickers (A Study) [verso of The Cranberry Pickers (A Study)], c.1876–80 (Hills no. 39.1.30v)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1289 (accessed on October 12, 2024).