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13.7 Maine Haylofts, 1870s
In 1877, and possibly 1878, Johnson visited his sister Harriet May and her family in Kennebunkport, Maine. He found a delightful subject in the games the children played in the barn. For Johnson it was another opportunity to render darkened interiors, from which figures emerge, with sunlight shining through loft doors and playing off the partially illuminated figures and objects in the foreground. It is quite likely that many of the paintings were finished in his New York studio. —PH
Hills no. 13.7.12
Child Playing with Rabbit
Alternate titles: Child Playing with Rabbits; Child with Rabbits
1878
Locale: Kennebunkport, Maine
Oil on board
26 1/2 x 22 1/4 in. (67.3 x 56.5 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson./1878
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Additional Material
- Letter
: August 25, 2008
Provenance
Exhibitions
Wildenstein & Co, New York, French and American 19th Century Paintings, Summer 1947. (Wildenstein 1947), no. 16.
Wildenstein & Co, New York, Eastman Johnson, Summer 1948. (Wildenstein 1948), no. 7, as Child Playing with Rabbit.
Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art, Los Angeles, Winslow Homer 1836–1910, Eastman Johnson 1824–1906, February 4, 1949–May 7, 1950. (Exhibition catalogue: LACMA 1949), no. 15, as Child Playing with Rabbits. Traveled to: Denver Art Museum, Denver, 1949; Fine Arts Gallery, San Diego, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Oklahoma Arts Center, Oklahoma City, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Takoma Art League, Takoma, Washington, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949); Witte Memorial Museum, San Antonio, 1949 (Fine Arts Society of San Diego 1949).
Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, [unknown title], 1972–75, on temporary loan.
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Acquisitions Since 1975, November 5, 1982–January 16, 1983, as Child Playing with Rabbit.
References
Devree, Howard. "In Current Museum Exhibitions, By Groups." New York Times, June 29, 1947, p. 6; p. 6. [Howard Devree].
Lansford, Alonzo M. "Famous French and American Names." Art Digest 21 (July 1, 1947), p. 14, illustrated; p. 14, illustrated. [Review by Alonzo M. Lansford of Wildenstein exhibition of French and American 19C paintings.]
Exhibition of Materpieces: French and American 19th Century Paintings. New York: Wildenstein, 1947. Exhibition catalogue (1947 Wildenstein & Co.), n.p., no. 16.
Eastman Johnson. New York: Wildenstein, 1948. Exhibition catalogue (1948 Wildenstein & Co.), n.p., no. 7.
Winslow Homer 1836–1910; Eastman Johnson 1824–1906. San Diego, CA: Fine Arts Society of San Diego, 1949. Exhibition catalogue (1949 Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art), No. 15.
Winslow Homer 1836–1910, Eastman Johnson 1824–1906. Los Angeles: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1949. Exhibition catalogue (1949 Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art), n.p., no. 15.
Gustafson, Eleanor H. "Museum Accessions." The Magazine Antiques 120 (November 1981), p. 1098 illus., as Child Playing with Rabbit.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 1998-03-10
Hills opinion letter: August 21, 2008 view »
Keywords
- Subject matter:
- Rabbits »
Record last updated September 17, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Child Playing with Rabbit, 1878 (Hills no. 13.7.12)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=370 (accessed on March 28, 2024).