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Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
Patricia Hills, PhD, Founder and Director | Abigael MacGibeny, MA, Project Manager

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Photo: Century Association, New York
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32.0 Self-Portraits

Johnson, like other artists, painted himself when not engaged in other projects. In these portraits we see the chronological progression of his physiognomy, especially his facial hair. Sometimes we see the inner man, and at other times we see the man in his environment. The self-portrait he presented to the National Academy of Design when he was inducted in 1859 is the grandest; but the most flamboyant is his self-portrait of 1899, in which he is dressed in the costume he wore at the Twelfth Night celebration at the Century Association. —PH

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Hills no. 32.0.19
Baur no. 210
Self-Portrait
Alternate titles: possibly Eastman Johnson; Self Portrait; Self Portrait, "Just As I Am"
c.1899
Oil on canvas
47 1/2 x 28 1/4 in. (120.7 x 71.8 cm)
Initialed lower left: E.J.
Century Association, New York, Gift of Mrs. Eastman Johnson, 1907 (1907.2)
Description / Remarks

Hills, c. 1970s: Facing left. 3/4 view. Looks worried.

Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Century Association, New York, 1907 (by gift)
Exhibitions
1907a Century Association
Century Association, New York, Memorial Exhibition of Eastman Johnson, February 9–13, 1907, as Self Portrait, "Just As I Am".
1907b Century Association
Century Association, New York, April 6, 1907, as Self-Portrait.
1958 Metropolitan Museum of Art
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1958.
1991 Century Association
The Century Association, New York, The Century Collection, 1991.
1992 N-YHS
New-York Historical Society, New York, The Century Association: American Works and Masterworks, 1992–January 3, 1993.
1993 Corcoran Gallery of Art
Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., The Century Club Collection, July 21–September 13, 1993.
References
Conradt-Eberlin 1907
Conradt-Eberlin, Viggo. Catalogue of Paintings and Other Art Objects Belonging to the Century Association. 1907. Century Association Foundation Archives, New York. Handwritten list, no. 374.
Century Association 1907b
Secretary of the Century Association. Board of Management and Monthly Meeting Minutes XI (1903–1914). May 2–30, 1907. Century Association Foundation Archives, New York, May 2, 1907, p. 108; May 30, 1907, p. 111.
Century Association 1908a
Secretary of the Century Association. Monthly Meeting Minutes XII (1908–1911). January 11, 1908. Century Association Foundation Archives, New York, p. 3.
Century Association 1908b
Yearbook. New York: Century Association, 1908, p. 10.
Kennedy Galleries 1920
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 11, addendum "Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as Eastman Johnson].
Baur 1940
Baur, John I. H. An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn Institute of Arts and Sciences, 1940. Exhibition catalogue (1939 Brooklyn Museum), no. 210, as Self Portrait.
Lay and Bolton 1943
Lay, Charles Downing, and Theodore Bolton. Works of Art Silver and Furniture Belonging to the Century Association. New York: Century Association, 1943, p. 11.
Mayor and Davis 1977
Mayor, A. Hyatt, and Mark Davis. American Art at the Century. New York: Century Association, 1977, pp. 66–67, illus.; p. 129.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): c. 1970s
Examination notes: Good condition. Impasto on face. Looks worried. Hardly a shrewd presentation of character. White slashes for tie. Brown background.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Johnson, Jonathan Eastman
Biography:

Jonathan Eastman Johnson (1824–1906). American portrait and genre painter. Son of Philip Carrigan Johnson and Mary Kimball Chandler Johnson; brother of Reuben, Judith, Mary, Philip, Sarah, Harriet, and Eleanor. Married Elizabeth Williams Buckley (m. 1869); father of Ethel (1870–1931).  

Johnson, Jonathan Eastman
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Record last updated April 6, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Self-Portrait, c.1899 (Hills no. 32.0.19)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=699 (accessed on May 18, 2024).