Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné
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39.1 U.S. Figure & Landscape Sketches
When he returned to the United States in 1856, Johnson continued to make graphite pencil sketches in notebooks. Those that have survived time generally relate to paintings he did later, such as the many sketches of Nantucket characters or for paintings he was contemplating doing in the future. —PH
Hills no. 39.1.24
Baur no. 450
Picking Berries
Alternate title: possibly Berry-Pickers
c.1875–80
Pencil heightened with white on brown canvas [Baur, 1940, p. 81: "There are touches of oil in the face and hair of the child."]
7 1/2 x 1 3/4 in. (19 x 4.4 cm)
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Description / Remarks
MacGibeny, 2022: Although the composition of this drawing is not known, certain details are remarkably similar to those of Baur no. 451, Picking Berries. In addition to sharing a title, both are drawings on canvas rather than paper, measuring between seven and eight inches on their longest edge, and labeled "E. J." on their mounts.
Markings
On mount: E. J.
Exhibitions
Kennedy Galleries, New York, Charcoal Drawings of Eminent Americans by Eastman Johnson, June 1920. (Exhibition catalogue: Kennedy Galleries 1920), no. 60, [possibly, as Berry-Pickers].
References
Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 10, no. 60 [possibly, as Berry-Pickers].
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. 81, no. 450, as Picking Berries.
Record last updated March 22, 2022. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: Hills, Patricia, and Abigael MacGibeny. "Picking Berries, c.1875–80 (Hills no. 39.1.24)." Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné. www.eastmanjohnson.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=873 (accessed on April 18, 2024).