Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné

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Photo: Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection
Verso: "Ghost," or transferred, image in reverse of Johnson's Fish woman of Schaveninge, owned by Patricia Hills.
Photo: Free Library of Philadelphia, Print and Picture Collection
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37.3 Euro Finished Figure, Genre, and Landscape Drawings
Finished compositions are those that Johnson would have tried to sell. They were often done with charcoal (black chalk) with touches of white (usually white chalk). Sometimes they are figures posed by models; sometimes they have genre-like storytelling themes. —PH
Hills no. 37.3.10
Baur no. 412
Fish woman of Schaveninge [sic]
Alternate titles: possibly Fish Woman of Shavingo; Fish Woman of Schaveninge; Fisherwoman of Schaveninge; Fisherwoman of Schaveninge, Hague 1852; Fishwoman of Schaveninge
1852
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Pencil and white wash on brown paper
12 3/8 x 9 1/2 in. (31.4 x 24.1 cm)
Inscribed lower center: Fish woman of Schaveninge; dated lower right: Hague 1852
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Description/Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: On the verso of this drawing is a "ghost," or transferred, image in reverse of Johnson's Fish woman of Schaveninge, owned by Patricia Hills. See the linked image of the verso.
Exhibitions
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920. (Exhibition catalogue: Kennedy Galleries 1920), no. 52 or 53, as Fisherwoman of Schaveninge.
Macbeth Gallery, New York, Exhibition of a Private Collection of Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 14–February 3, 1936, [possibly].
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, Eastman Johnson: Painting America, October 29, 1999–February 6, 2000. (Exhibition catalogue: Carbone and Hills 1999), no. 8, color illus., p. 25, as Fishwoman of Schaveninge. 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
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 9, no. 52 or 53, as Fisherwoman of Schaveninge.
Comstock, Helen. "The Connoisseur in America: Eastman Johnson's Drawings." The Connoisseur 97 (May 1936), p. 278 [possibly, as Fish Woman of Schavingo].
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. 79, no. 412, as Fish Woman of Schaveninge.
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), p. 25, no. 8, illus., as Fishwoman of Schaveninge.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 1971-03-29
Examination notes: On reverse: ghost image in reverse of Hills's drawing. A younger woman. Very good drawing.
Keywords
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Record last updated March 30, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Fish woman of Schaveninge [sic], 1852 (Hills no. 37.3.10)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=810 (accessed on May 1, 2025).