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15.0 Landscapes, 1858–1879
Johnson did few landscapes. Of those he did, he seems never to have sent them out on exhibition. The first landscapes were done early on in his European sojourn. Upon returning to the United States he painted a few landscape scenes around Mount Vernon and also views of the settlements around Lake Superior where he traveled in 1856. Later, in the 1860s, he made intimate views on his trips into nature, probably done with men friends in the summers. The few that exist show sunlight falling on paths that lead through woodland trees or suggest a haze on quiet lakes. None of them are dramatic views of mountains or rivers. —PH
Hills no. 15.0.10
Baur no. 72 / 1907 Sale no. 45
The Quaint Old Village
Alternate titles: Country Scene; The Quaint Old Village (View of Nantucket)
c.1870–71
Oil on paper board
13 x 22 1/4 in. (33 x 56.5 cm)
Initialed lower right: E. J.; verso: E. J. Nantucket
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 45: "An old tree, with crooked trunk and twisted branches, rises out of the picture on the left, and casts a broken shadow on the rich grass which extends across the foreground. On the right stands an old wooden house with a lean-to porch, partly in light and partly in shadow, overhung by tall trees, some of them in blossom, and on the left, in the middle distance, is a group of farm buildings and shingled cottages, surrounded by large bushes and fruit trees. The light in the sky concentrated near the horizon, and is in sharp contrast against the deep-toned foliage and the roofs and gables of the houses."
"Signed at the lower right, E. J.
Height, 13 inches; length, 22 inches."
[Annotation: “62.00 / Cogswell"
"Signed at the lower right, E. J.
Height, 13 inches; length, 22 inches."
[Annotation: “62.00 / Cogswell"
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
[The artist's estate sale, American Art Association, New York, February 26–27, 1907, no. 45 (as The Quaint Old Village)]
William Browne Cogswell, Syracuse, New York, husband of the artist's niece, Mary Naomi Johnson Cogswell (daughter of the artist's brother Reuben), February 26, 1907 (by purchase)
Cora Browning Cogswell, his wife, 1921 (by bequest)
Florence Pearl and Elizabeth C. Browning, Syracuse, New York, her sisters, 1936 (by bequest)
Hulbert Taft, Cincinnati, by 1944
Eleanor Gholson Taft, Cincinnati, his wife, by 1972 (by descent)
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1979–1985 (as The Quaint Old Village (View of Nantucket))
Richard York Gallery, New York, 1985
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1939 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906, January 18, 1939–February 26, 1940. (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 72, as The Quaint Old Village.1940 Douthitt Gallery
The Douthitt Gallery, New York, Eastman Johnson: The Keystone Artist, March 28–April 30, 1940. (Douthitt Gallery 1940), no. 15, lent by F. Pearl and Elizabeth Browning.1972 Whitney Museum
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition, March 28–May 14, 1972. (Exhibition catalogue: Hills 1972a), no. 60, b/w illus., 71, as The Quaint Old Village, Collection of Mrs. Hulbert Taft. Traveled to: The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, June 7–July 22, 1972; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, August 15–September 30, 1972; Milwaukee Art Center, Milwaukee, October 20–December 3, 1972.1982 Hirschl & Adler
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Lines of Different Character: American Art from 1727 to 1947, November 13, 1982–January 8, 1983, no. 36, as The Quaint Old Village (View of Nantucket).References
AAA 1907b
Catalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N.A. New York: American Art Association, February 1907. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 45, as The Quaint Old Village.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), no. 72, as The Quaint Old Village.Crosby 1944
Crosby, Everett U. Eastman Johnson at Nantucket: His Paintings and Sketches of Nantucket People and Scenes. Nantucket, MA, 1944, C.35, as The Quaint Old Village.Hills 1972a
Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson: Retrospective Exhibition. New York: Clarkson N. Potter, 1972. Exhibition catalogue (1972 Whitney Museum), no. 60, p. 71 illus., as The Quaint Old Village.Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1982
Lines of Different Character: American Art from 1727 to 1947. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1982, no. 36, p. 52 illus.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1971-06-10
Examination notes: Yellow greens and dark brown greens. Summary treatment of distant houses.
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Quaint Old Village, c.1870–71 (Hills no. 15.0.10)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=216 (accessed on May 4, 2024).