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25.2 Women Outdoors
Johnson’s wife, Elizabeth, no doubt turned his attention to representations of women alone—either in interiors or outside. Such women are often lost in thought and suggest sentient beings with an inner life. In my interviews with descendants of Johnson’s siblings, she is presented as an independent woman. Johnson painted her portrait in which she assumes the posture of a woman who thinks on her own (also see theme 31.3). —PH
Hills no. 25.2.6
Lambs, Nantucket
1874, August 29
Locale: Nantucket, Massachusetts
Oil on board
19 x 15 5/8 in. (48.3 x 39.7 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson/Aug. 29–74.
Provenance
Private collection (by descent in the family of the artist)
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, 1973
Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia, September 1974 (by purchase)
Bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2012
National Gallery of Art, Washington, District of Columbia, 2012
Exhibitions
1974 Hirschl & Adler
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, Quality: An Experience in Collecting, November 12–December 7, 1974. (Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1974), no. 29, as Lambs, Nantucket.1980 National Gallery of Art
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., American Light: The Luminist Movement, 1850–1875, February 10–June 15, 1980, illus., plate 32, as Lambs, Nantucket.References
Hirschl & Adler Galleries 1974
Quality: An Experience in Collecting. New York: Hirschl & Adler Galleries, 1974. Exhibition catalogue (1974 Hirschl & Adler), no. 29, illus., as Lambs, Nantucket.Di Curcio 1982
Di Curcio, Robert A. Art on Nantucket: The History of Painting on Nantucket Island. Nantucket, MA: Nantucket Historical Association, 1982, no. 166, illus.Simpson, Mills, and Hills 1990
Simpson, Marc, Sally Mills, and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: The Cranberry Harvest, Island of Nantucket. San Diego, CA: Timken Art Gallery, 1990. Exhibition catalogue (1990 Timken Art Gallery), p. 45, n. 7.Carbone and Hills 1999
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. 212, n. 16, as Lambs, Nantucket.Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1973-11-09
Examination notes: Woman standing on hill—blue sea—ship sails in back. Red pocketbook—lady with glove and book.
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Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Lambs, Nantucket, 1874, August 29 (Hills no. 25.2.6)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=341 (accessed on April 24, 2024).