Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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25.2 Women Outdoors
Johnson’s wife, Elizabeth, no doubt turned his attention to representations of women alone—either in interiors or outside. Such women are often lost in thought and suggest sentient beings with an inner life. In my interviews with descendants of Johnson’s siblings, she is presented as an independent woman. Johnson painted her portrait in which she assumes the posture of a woman who thinks on her own (also see theme 31.3). —PH
Hills no. 25.2.1
Woman and Turkey
c.1870–80
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Oil on panel
10 x 7 1/4 in. (25.4 x 18.4 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
Private collection
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Provenance
Private collection, by 1998 (by descent in the family of the artist)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination notes: Carbone 1998-06-11, London: Seems unfinished/figure outlined heavily in pencil. Vaguely, lightly painted.
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Woman and Turkey, c.1870–80 (Hills no. 25.2.1)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1312 (accessed on March 28, 2024).