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37.2 Euro Drawing Studies for Genre Paintings
In Europe, Johnson’s more serious attempts to plan out and develop oil paintings are realized, by beginning with these drawing studies. —PH
Hills no. 37.2.3
Baur no. 404
Study for The Counterfeiters
Munson-Williams-Proctor Arts Institute title: Study for "The Counterfeiters"
Alternate title: Sketch for The Counterfeiters
c.1851–55
Locale: The Hague, the Netherlands
Charcoal on brown paper
12 1/4 x 15 5/8 in. (31.1 x 39.7 cm)
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Markings
Inscribed on verso, in graphite, Knoedler stock number: WCA 918
Provenance
Florence and Ralph Spencer, by April 1971
Exhibitions
Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824–1906, January 18, 1939–February 26, 1940. (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 404, b/w illus., Pl. XLI, as Study for "The Counterfeiters".
M. Knoedler & Co, New York, Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson, January 7–26, 1946. (Exhibition catalogue: M. Knoedler & Co. 1946), no. 35, as Sketch for The Counterfeiters. Traveled to: The California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, March 1946 (California Palace 1946).
Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, California, Drawings of Five Centuries, April 21–May 17, 1959.
The Finch College Museum of Art, New York, Paul Magriel Collection of American Drawings, June 9–August 31, 1961.
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, The Düsseldorf Academy and the Americans: An Exhibition of Drawings and Watercolors, September 23–October 28, 1973, no. 108. Traveled to: Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, January 7–February 11, 1973; National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., April 27–July 28, 1973.
References
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), pp. 33, 79, no. 404, illus., as Study for "The Counterfeiters".
Paintings and Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: M. Knoedler & Co., 1946. Exhibition catalogue (1946 M. Knoedler & Co.), n.p., no. 35, as Sketch for The Counterfeiters.
Hills Examination / Opinion
Examination date(s): 2018-06-26
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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. "Study for The Counterfeiters, c.1851–55 (Hills no. 37.2.3)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=824 (accessed on April 24, 2024).