Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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31.3 U.S. Portraits, Women
Johnson’s paintings of women are often his best portraits, exhibiting a range of techniques and emphasizing their intelligent faces even when enwrapped in sumptuous fabrics, such as we see in Edwina Booth. —PH
Hills no. 31.3.7
Edwina Booth
c.1885
Oil on board
10 x 8 in. (25.4 x 20.3 cm)
Initialed lower right: E.J.
Private collection
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Provenance
Private collection, Hamilton, Massachusetts, March 7, 1984 (by purchase)
Private collection, April 23, 1990 (by purchase)
Private collection, by 2019 (by descent)
References
Reginald A. Lombard Collection of Nineteenth Century Paintings. Boston: Vose Galleries, 1984.
Sitter Biography
Sitter: Booth, Edwina (Mrs. Ignatius R. Grossman)
Biography:
Edwina Booth (1861–1938). Daughter of Edwin Booth and Mary Devlin Booth; wife of Ignatius R. Grossman (m. 1885).
Related work
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Booth, Edwina (Mrs. Ignatius R. Grossman)
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Record last updated July 23, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Edwina Booth, c.1885 (Hills no. 31.3.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=718 (accessed on April 19, 2024).