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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. 13.7.10
1907 Sale no. 90
In the Barn Door
c.1877–79
Locale: Kennebunkport, Maine
Oil
16 x 8 in. (40.6 x 20.3 cm)
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2022: Although John I. H. Baur owned and annotated a copy of the catalogue of Johnson's 1907 Estate Sale, he did not include this work in his own 1940 catalogue listing; he must have obtained it after publication.
1907 Estate Sale 
No. 90: "A little girl is just squeezing her way past a half-open wooden barn door which she is scarcely able to move. The figure is partly concealed by the door jamb, and her straw hat trimmed with flowers, the side of her face and shoulder, as well as her foot and ankle, are touched by warm sunlight."
"Height, 16 inches; length, 8 inches."
[Annotation: “82.50”]
"Height, 16 inches; length, 8 inches."
[Annotation: “82.50”]
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
[The artist's estate sale, American Art Association, New York, February 26–27, 1907, no. 90 (as In the Barn Door)]
Present whereabouts unknown
References
AAA 1907b
Catalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N.A. New York: American Art Association, February 1907. Sale catalogue, n.p., no. 90, as In the Barn Door.Record last updated April 7, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "In the Barn Door, c.1877–79 (Hills no. 13.7.10)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=372 (accessed on May 8, 2024).