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31.4 U.S. Portraits, Women, Unidentified
The identities of the women in these portraits have not yet been confirmed. However, the paintings are known or believed to have been done in the United States based on factors including their style, inscribed dates, and the appearance of the sitters when images are available. Johnson painted the vast majority of his oil portraits after he returned to the United States from Europe in 1855. —AM
Hills no. 31.4.11
Portrait of a Woman
Alternate title: Portrait of a Lady
1881
Oil on canvas
46 1/8 x 28 1/8 in. (117.2 x 71.4 cm)
Signed and dated lower right: E. Johnson 1881
Provenance
Goldburn Arbuckle, Washington, D.C. area, 1961 (by purchase)
Thomas W. Arbuckle, Fordland, Missouri
Ira Spanierman, New York, by September 30, 1988
[Sotheby's, September 26, 1990, lot 109 (as Portrait of a Lady)]
Hammer Galleries, New York
Donald and Lisa Purdy, by 1999
[Bonhams, December 4, 2013, American Art, Property of a Manhattan Private Collection, lot 48 (as Portrait of a Woman)]
Hunt and Donna Bonan, Mount Vernon, Illinois, December 4, 2013 (by purchase)
Exhibitions
1999 Brooklyn Museum
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, October 29, 1999–February 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Carbone and Hills 1999), no. 62, color illus., p. 108, as Portrait of a Woman. Traveled to: San Diego Museum of Fine Arts, San Diego, February 25–May 21, 2000; Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, June 8–September 10, 2000.References
Carbone and Hills 1999
Carbone, Teresa A., and Patricia Hills. Eastman Johnson: Painting America. Brooklyn, NY: Brooklyn Museum of Art, in association with Rizzoli International Publications, 1999. Exhibition catalogue (1999 Brooklyn Museum), pp. 105, 108, no. 62, illus., as Portrait of a Woman.Keywords
- Portrait pose:
Record last updated April 28, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Portrait of a Woman, 1881 (Hills no. 31.4.11)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=768 (accessed on May 8, 2024).