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Photo: Courtesy of Sotheby’s, Inc. © 2021
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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. 31.4.7
Baur no. 293 [possibly]
Study of a Young Woman, possibly of the Stone Family
Alternate titles: possibly Sketch of a Girl; Portrait of a Young Woman; Study of a Young Woman
c.1876–79
Oil on canvas
25 1/4 x 21 1/2 in. (64.1 x 54.6 cm)
Initialed lower right near subject's left shoulder: E.J.
Description / Remarks
Hills, 2021: This painting may be the same as Baur no. 293, Sketch of a Girl, whose dimensions and inscription are similar.
Provenance
Possibly Albert Rosenthal, New Hope, Pennsylvania, by 1939
Kennedy Galleries, Inc., New York, by 1970
Sotheby's, January 24, 1989, lot 10 (as Study of a Young Woman); did not sell
A. Everette James, Jr., 1989 (by purchase)
Present whereabouts unknown
References
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), p. 73, no. 293 [possibly, as Sketch of a Girl].Kennedy Quarterly 1970
The Kennedy Quarterly 9, no. 4 (May 1970), p. 270, no. 272 [possibly, as Portrait of a Young Woman].Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): March 30, 1971; December 12, 1988
Examination notes: 1971: Very sketchy. Soft focus. Formula lips. Red squiggles on left.
1988: Rather soft. Smooth surface (like Crisco has been spread over it). Creamy yellow - added later? Elongation of nose. Middle tones - filled in. Scumbling - [ ]. Soft focus - but "beady" eye effect behind - pinpoint highlights on pupils. Mouth - full Cupid's bow lips.
1988: Rather soft. Smooth surface (like Crisco has been spread over it). Creamy yellow - added later? Elongation of nose. Middle tones - filled in. Scumbling - [ ]. Soft focus - but "beady" eye effect behind - pinpoint highlights on pupils. Mouth - full Cupid's bow lips.
Keywords
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Record last updated October 14, 2021. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Study of a Young Woman, possibly of the Stone Family, c.1876–79 (Hills no. 31.4.7)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=769 (accessed on May 5, 2024).