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

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Photo: Courtesy of Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation
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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. 32.0.16
Baur no. 211
Self-Portrait
Alternate titles: Eastman Johnson; Self Portrait
c.1890–99
Oil on canvas
24 x 20 1/4 in. (61 x 51.4 cm)
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site (PM.1972.38.A)
Provenance
Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906 (by bequest)
Alexander Smith Cochran, March 22, 1909 (by purchase)
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1929 (by bequest)
[Note: This painting is documented as a bequest from Alexander Smith Cochran (1874–1929) to the American Scenic and Historic Society, as shown here. However, it was in the inventory of The Brook, New York (of which Cochran was a member) in 1910, and according to Richard H. Saunders, author of The Brook Collection, 2005, likely was sold in the 1940s or 1950s with other paintings in the collection.]
New York State Office of Parks, Recreation and Historic Preservation, Philipse Manor Hall State Historic Site, Yonkers, New York, 1972 (by transfer)
References
The Brook 1910
"Inventory of Valuable and Artistic and Antique Property in the Clubhouse of the Brook, 7 E. 40th Street, November 21, 1910." In The Brook Collection, by Richard H. Saunders. New York: The Brook Collection, 2005, no. 45, as Self-Portrait.
ASHPS 1917
American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society. Twenty-Second Annual Report of the American Scenic and Historic Preservation Society, 1917. Albany, NY: J. B. Lyon Company, Printers, 1917, p. 118, no. 38, as Eastman Johnson.
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. 211, as Self Portrait.
Saunders 2005
Saunders, Richard H. The Brook Collection. New York: The Brook, 2005, p. 104, as Self-Portrait.
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
Keywords
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.1890–99 (Hills no. 32.0.16)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=700 (accessed on May 4, 2024).