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Photo: Spanierman Gallery, courtesy of Lisa N. Peters, Ph.D.
⊠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
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Hills no. 21.1.30
Ice Skater
Alternate titles: possibly The Red Hot Stove; Ice Skater/Child Warming Hands
1879
Oil on canvas
24 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (61.6 x 51.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower right vertically, on box: E. Johnson/1879
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Labels
Plate on frame: EASTMAN JOHNSON/1824—1906
Exhibitions
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, [possibly, as
The Red Hot Stove]
.
Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, Tranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840–1940, November 4, 2000–February 28, 2001. (Spanierman Galleries 2000).
Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, Gallery Selections 2002: American Paintings, October 4–26, 2002. (Spanierman Galleries 2002).
Spanierman Gallery, LLC, New York, American Masters 1840–1920, February 14–March 22, 2008.
References
Tranquil America: A Century of Painting, 1840–1940. New York:
Spanierman Gallery, LLC,
2000.
Exhibition catalogue (2000 Spanierman Gallery), Pl. 1, illus.
Gallery Selections 2002: American Paintings, 1830-1930. New York:
Spanierman Gallery, LLC,
2002.
Exhibition catalogue (2002 Spanierman Gallery), n.p., illus., as
Ice Skater.
"Ice Skater by Eastman Johnson." Spanierman Galleries, press release on website,
2012, as
Ice Skater.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2006-02-25; 2010-06-14
Examination notes: 2010-06-14: Dark grey green coat with a red lining. Folded areas are created by the underpainting. Signed on box "E. Johnson 1879". Pink bows on figure. Skates at L.R. Full figure. Nice black shoes. Graphite around bonnet. U.R. key hanging; door at right. Stove—good. Lots of cracks across surface; uneven painting on box. Brick chimney—wood box—nice textures.
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Record last updated November 11, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Ice Skater, 1879 (Hills no. 21.1.30)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=292 (accessed on April 18, 2024).