Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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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. 37.3.2
Baur no. 388
Young Boy Seated
c.1849–55
Black chalk with touches of white chalk on tan wove paper
28 1/16 x 21 in. (71.3 x 53.3 cm)
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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. 388, as Young Boy Seated.
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. 34, 78, no. 388, as Young Boy Seated.
DeWald, Ernest T., and Paul F. Norton. The Laura P. Hall Memorial Collection of Prints and Drawings: Bequest of Clifton R. Hall. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, Department of Art and Archaeology, 1947, n.p., no. 48, as Young Boy Seated.
Norton, Paul F. The Laura P. Hall Collection of Prints and Drawings. Princeton, NJ: Princeton University, 1947, n.p., no. 48, as Young Boy Seated.
Hills Examination/Opinion
Examination date(s): 2019-05-29
Examination notes: White chalk used to highlight collar. Delicate chiaroscuro. Stump used on hair line. Shading shows horizontal lines across smock. Short strokes.
Record last updated March 15, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Young Boy Seated, c.1849–55 (Hills no. 37.3.2)." In Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=827 (accessed on May 1, 2025).