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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
Hills no. 31.3.46
Emily Caroline Minton Pullman
Alternate title: Portrait of Emily C. Pullman
c.1892
Oil on canvas
10 x 8 1/8 in. (25.4 x 20.6 cm)
Initialed lower left: E. J.
Labels
Label on verso, upper right: Emily C. Pullman/1808–1893 [sic]/Portrait by/Eastman Johnson
Provenance
Private collection, Rhode Island
[Eldred's Auction Gallery, East Dennis, Massachusetts, November 23, 2019, The Fall Sale: Session 2, lot 1119 (as Portrait of Emily C. Pullman)]
Mark Enik, Nantucket, Massachusetts, November 23, 2019 (by purchase)
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2019-11-07 at Ryan/Lee Gallery, New York
Examination notes: 1st set of notes: It is a rough but exquisite portrait of what seems to be a warm matron. Johnson used a very dry technique and scumbling. For example, the forehead is a pattern of dry squiggles. There is a faint outline around her hair lines on both sides. Firm chin, soft eyes, nose done well in terms of light and shadow. Tiny, tiny dot as a highlight on her right eye. Collar—fluffy but firm strokes. All of this is characteristic of Johnson’s small works. Background typical—generalized with no strong shadowed areas.
Condition: There is a slight, barely noticeable diagonal scratch from the right cheek to the lower right. Also a tiny dent at the upper left (2 inches from the left).
Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 1/8 inches. Note that key is missing, so that canvas has expanded to 8 1/8 inches. Probably meant to be 10 x 8.
2nd set of notes: Exquisite portrait. Very dry technique, eg. Forehead consists of dry squiggles. Outline is faint, around hair lines on side. Tiny, tiny dot is light on left eye. Firm chin, soft eyes, nose done well in terms of light and shadow. Collar—fluffy but firm strokes. UV Light: smooth surface. Slight diagonal scratch from right cheek to LR. A dent in upper left—2 inches from left side. Lower left: “E.J.”
Condition: There is a slight, barely noticeable diagonal scratch from the right cheek to the lower right. Also a tiny dent at the upper left (2 inches from the left).
Oil on canvas, 10 x 8 1/8 inches. Note that key is missing, so that canvas has expanded to 8 1/8 inches. Probably meant to be 10 x 8.
2nd set of notes: Exquisite portrait. Very dry technique, eg. Forehead consists of dry squiggles. Outline is faint, around hair lines on side. Tiny, tiny dot is light on left eye. Firm chin, soft eyes, nose done well in terms of light and shadow. Collar—fluffy but firm strokes. UV Light: smooth surface. Slight diagonal scratch from right cheek to LR. A dent in upper left—2 inches from left side. Lower left: “E.J.”
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Pullman, Emily Caroline Minton (Mrs. James Lewis Pullman)
Biography:
Emily Caroline Minton Pullman (1808–1892). Wife of James Lewis Pullman; mother of George Moritmer Pullman.
Pullman, Emily Caroline Minton (Mrs. James Lewis Pullman)
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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. "Emily Caroline Minton Pullman, c.1892 (Hills no. 31.3.46)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1699 (accessed on May 1, 2024).