Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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Photo: Courtesy of Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc.
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24.0 Adolescent Girls
As Johnson got to know his nieces and also his daughter Ethel during their teen-aged years, he realized that they were not just genteel creatures who read books, but also smart young adults who read newspapers. Of all American artists, Johnson is perhaps the only artist (besides women artists such as Lily Martin Spencer and Mary Cassatt) who shows women reading newspapers. —PH
Hills no. 24.0.10
Girl at the Window
Alternate title: Woman at the Window
c.1872–73
Oil on board
26 1/2 x 22 in. (67.3 x 55.9 cm)
Initialed lower right in red: E.J.
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Description/Remarks
Hills, 2021: The simple clothing of the model and her casual body language suggest the subject is an adolescent girl. In several Johnson paintings there are also grown women in reverie standing by windows and looking out from the confines of their homes.
Provenance
Private collection, by 1977 until 1980 (by descent in the family of the artist)
Exhibitions
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, A Gallery Collects, October 19–November 19, 1977. (Exhibition catalogue: Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1977), no. 34, as Girl at the Window.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, American Genre Painting in the Victorian Era: Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, and their Contemporaries, April 8–May 6, 1978. (Exhibition catalogue: Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1978), no. 49, p. 45, as Girl at the Window.
References
A Gallery Collects. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1977. Exhibition catalogue (1977 Hirschl & Adler), no. 34, as Girl at the Window.
American Genre Painting in the Victorian Era: Winslow Homer, Eastman Johnson, and their Contemporaries. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1978. Exhibition catalogue (1978 Hirschl & Adler), p. 45, no. 49, illus., as Girl at the Window.
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), p. 74, fig. 41, as Woman at the Window.
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Record last updated July 14, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Girl at the Window, c.1872–73 (Hills no. 24.0.10)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=325 (accessed on May 2, 2025).