Lot Essay
According to Dr. Patricia Hills, the present work was most likely painted on Nantucket, where the artist and his family spent their summers beginning in 1870.
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EASTMAN JOHNSON (1824-1906)
Under the Vines
Details
EASTMAN JOHNSON (1824-1906)
Under the Vines
signed with initials 'E.J' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 1⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 in. (43.5 x 54.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1870-80.
Under the Vines
signed with initials 'E.J' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 1⁄8 x 21 3⁄8 in. (43.5 x 54.3 cm.)
Painted circa 1870-80.
Provenance
Florence M. Johnson.
Estate of the above.
Victor D. Spark, New York.
Maude B. Feld and Samuel B. Feld, Esq., acquired from the above, 1966.
Estate of the above.
Christie's Online, 15-22 May 2019, lot 194, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Estate of the above.
Victor D. Spark, New York.
Maude B. Feld and Samuel B. Feld, Esq., acquired from the above, 1966.
Estate of the above.
Christie's Online, 15-22 May 2019, lot 194, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.
Literature
The Art Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Spring 1964, p. 234, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, July 4-August 16, 1964, no. 55, illustrated.
Further details
This work is included as Hills number 16.0.3 in the Eastman Johnson Catalogue Raisonné (eastmanjohnson.org) by Dr. Patricia Hills and Abigael MacGibeny.
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