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21.1 Girls Indoors
Johnson’s daughter, Ethel, was born in May 1870, and it is not surprising that Johnson would use her (but not exclusively) as a model for the many pictures of young girls in interiors—playing with dolls, warming their hands by a stove, reading, sleeping. Such pictures often include the same furniture, such as the prie dieu (church prayer bench or kneeler) seen in Family Cares and The Tea Party. Because they were genre paintings, not portraits, Johnson freely renders the facial features. Thus, it is not surprising that for paintings done circa 1873, the bodily types of the girls look like three-year-olds; whereas those done circa 1878, look more like eight-years-olds. —PH
Hills no. 21.1.12
The Boston Rocker
Alternate title: Boston Rocker
c.1870–72
Oil on artist's board
19 1/2 x 14 3/4 in. (49.5 x 37.5 cm)
Signed lower left: E. Johnson
Provenance
[Christie's, December 5, 1980, lot 63B (as The Boston Rocker)]
Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, by 1991
[Christie's, January 27, 1995, Sale 8082, The Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Eddy Nicholson, lot 824 (as The Boston Rocker)]
Present whereabouts unknown
References
Christie's 1980
American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture of the 19th and 20th Centuries. New York: Christie's, December 5, 1980. Sale catalogue, lot 63B, as The Boston Rocker.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1994-09-17
Examination notes: 1994-09-17: Luminous brown siennas at right. Floorboard lines go back. Graphite along the rocker. Knitting needle on stool—a line of blue. Blue highlights on stool. Yellow lights bouncing off skirt. Graphite along edge of face and eyebrows. Yellow green skirt. Note stripped blouse.
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Record last updated July 26, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "The Boston Rocker, c.1870–72 (Hills no. 21.1.12)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=281 (accessed on April 29, 2024).