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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Photo: Reproduced in American Art Galleries sale catalogue, 1910
03.3 Euro Peasant Types, Children and Adolescents

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Hills no. 3.3.6
Chimney-Sweep
Alternate titles: possibly Een Savoijaard [A Savoyard]); possibly Savoyard; possibly The Savoyard; Chimney Sweep; The Chimney Sweep
1853
Oil on cradled panel
32 x 26 in. (81.3 x 66 cm)
Signed and dated middle right: E. Johnson, 1853
Description / Remarks

American Art Galleries sale catalogue, 1910: "A characteristic example of the artist's best work. Against a plastered brick-wall leans a young chimney-sweep in the garb of his calling, a loose gray shirt, knickerbockers and gaiters; his brushes and rope lie on the ground beside him, and dangling at his waist is a metal scraper. He stands in an attitude of repose, leaning against the wall, one hand caught in his belt, his head on one side, the eyes looking out of the picture to the left."

Provenance
Possibly George Washington Riggs, Esq., Washington, D.C., by 1857 until at least 1867
Possibly August Belmont
[possibly George A. Leavitt & Co., New York, November 12, 1872, Mr. Belmont's Collection of Fine Modern Paintings, no. 36 (as The Savoyard)]
Theron R. Butler, Esq., by 1909
[American Art Galleries, New York, January 7, 1910, The Valuable Art Collection of the Late Theron R. Butler, Esq., no. 59 (as Chimney-Sweep)]
William Rockefeller, New York, 1910 (by purchase)
Emma Rockefeller McAlpin
[American Art Association, New York, November 1, 1935, Sale of American and French Paintings, Property of the Estate of the Late Emma Rockefeller McAlpin [etc.], no. 27 (as The Chimney Sweep)]
Present whereabouts unknown
Exhibitions
1854 Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen
Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, Tentoonstelling door de Academie van Beeldende Kunsten en Technische Wetenschappen te Rotterdam, 1854, no. 137, [possibly, as Een Savoijaard (A Savoyard)].
1856 NAD
National Academy of Design, New York, March 14–May 10, 1856, no. 194, [possibly, as The Savoyard, for sale].
1856 Boston Athenaeum
Boston Athenaeum, Boston, June 1856, no. 374, [possibly, as The Savoyard].
1857 Washington Art Association
Washington Art Association, Washington, D.C., First Annual Exhibition, 1857. (Exhibition catalogue: Washington Art Association 1857), no. 78, [possibly, as The young Savoyard, owner G. W. Riggs, Esq.]
1907a Century Association
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as Savoyard].
1909 Baptist Home for the Aged
Baptist Home for the Aged, New York, Exhibition of Paintings in Aid of the Baptist Home for the Aged, the Private Collection of Mr. Theron R. Butler, and a Few Pictures Loaned by Friends, November 22–24, 1909. (AAG 1909), no. 8, as The Chimney Sweep.
References
Washington Art Association 1857
Washington Art Association. Catalogue of the Works of Art Comprising the First Annual Exhibition. Washington, DC: Printed at Polkinhorn's Steam Job Office, 1857. Exhibition catalogue (1857 Washington Art Association), p. 5, no. 78 [possibly, as The young Savoyard, owner G. W. Riggs, Esq.]
Tuckerman 1867
Tuckerman, Henry T. Book of the American Artists: American Artist Life. New York: G. P. Putnam & Son, 1867, p. 633 [possibly, as Savoyard Boy].
Chicago Daily Tribune 1872
"The Belmont Gallery." Chicago Daily Tribune, November 5, 1872, [possibly].
Leavitt Art Rooms 1872
Mr. Belmont's Collection, Exhibited and Sold. New York: Leavitt Art Rooms, November 12, 1872. Sale catalogue, p. 17, no. 36 [possibly, as The Savoyard, by Eastman Johnston (sic)].
Walton 1906
Walton, William. "Eastman Johnson, Painter." Scribner's Magazine 40 (September 1906), p. 268 [possibly, as Savoyard].
Selby 1907
Selby, Mark. "An American Painter: Eastman Johnson." Putnam's Monthly 2 (August 1907), p. 535 [possibly, as The Savoyard].
Hartmann 1908
Hartmann, Sadakichi. "Eastman Johnson: American Genre Painter." The International Studio 34 (April 1908), p. 110 [possibly].
AAG 1909
Exhibition of Paintings in Aid of the Baptist Home for the Aged. New York: American Art Galleries, November 22–24, 1909. Exhibition brochure (1909 Baptist Home for the Aged), p. 6, no. 8, as The Chimney Sweep.
AAG 1910
De Luxe Illustrated Catalogue of the Very Valuable Modern Paintings, Sculpture and Other Property Collected by the Late Theron R. Butler, Esq. New York: American Art Galleries, January 7, 1910. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 59, as Chimney-Sweep.
Kennedy Galleries 1920
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 12, addendum “Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as The Savoyard].
AAA 1935
Catalogue of American and French Paintings, Property of the Estate of the Late Emma Rockefeller McAlpin [etc.]. New York: American Art Association, November 1, 1935. Sale catalogue, p. 15, no. 27, as The Chimney Sweep.
Belmont Gallery n.d.
The Belmont Gallery Catalogue. n.d. Exhibition catalogue, no. 58 [possibly, as The Chimney Sweep].
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Chimney-Sweep, 1853 (Hills no. 3.3.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=22 (accessed on March 28, 2024).