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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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12.0 Interiors—No or Slight Figures
Johnson often painted interiors without people, no doubt studies from real life. He used such oil studies to provide context for genre scenes. Objects resting on mantles, such as ceramic parrots or earthenware jars, frequently reappear, rearranged in interior genre scenes. —PH
Hills no. 12.0.4
Baur no. 113
Interior of Studio
Alternate title: Studio Interior, Nantucket
c.1870–80
Oil on canvas
22 x 16 in. (55.9 x 40.6 cm)
Neither signed nor dated
Description/Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: This is likely Johnson's studio in Nantucket, although the correlation to period images of his studio is not exact.
Provenance
Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, until 1939
Albert Duveen, New York
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by April 1960 until March 20, 1969
Private collection, March 20, 1969 (by purchase)
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by March 1971 until 2004
Alexander Gallery, New York, 2004
[Brunk Auctions, Asheville, North Carolina, March 26, 2022, Premiere Auctions Session II, lot 996 (as Studio Interior, Nantucket)]
Thomas H. and Diane DeMell Jacobsen Ph.D. Foundation, March 26, 2022 (by purchase)
References
Baur 1940
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. 65, no. 113, as Interior of Studio.Kennedy Quarterly 1960
The Kennedy Quarterly 1, no. 2 (April 1960), p. 42.Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 1970s?-11-28; 1971-03-30
Examination notes: A brown house and pale clouds through window. Cat laps milk from dish. Turquoise throw. Palette on floor. Very brown on baseboard and around window. Very empty.
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Record last updated September 13, 2024. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Interior of Studio, c.1870–80 (Hills no. 12.0.4)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=158 (accessed on May 1, 2025).