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. 39.1.36v
Standing Man in Top Hat [verso of The Conversation]
c.1879
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Pencil on board
22 1/2 x 26 1/2 in. (57.2 x 67.3 cm)
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Description / Remarks
Everett U. Crosby, Eastman Johnson at Nantucket: His Paintings and Sketches of Nantucket People and Scenes, 1944, p. 13, note for the recto, The Conversation, quoting Addison Gallery of American Art: "A faint pencil sketch of a man standing legs apart, hands on knees, clad in tailcoat and top hat, may be observed on the reverse."
Provenance
References
Chinese and Japanese Works of Art, Eighteen Early Studies and Paintings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kende Galleries, May 1–2, 1940. Sale catalogue, p. 38, no. 288, mentioned in description of recto, no. 288, After Cranberry Picking.
Crosby, Everett U. Eastman Johnson at Nantucket: His Paintings and Sketches of Nantucket People and Scenes. Nantucket, MA, 1944, p. 13, no. C.11, described in entry for recto, The Conversation.
Record last updated April 5, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Standing Man in Top Hat [verso of The Conversation], c.1879 (Hills no. 39.1.36v)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=1779 (accessed on May 2, 2024).