Seated Man

1863

Eastman Johnson

Associated Names
Eastman Johnson

Artist, American, 1824 - 1906

Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Collection

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 21.91 × 25.4 cm (8 5/8 × 10 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.89.29

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Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1940

  • Eastman Johnson: An American Genre Painter. Brooklyn Museum, New York: 1940, no. 401.

2004

  • American Masters from Bingham to Eakins: The John Wilmerding Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004.

Bibliography

1937

  • Catalogue of the Collection. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York: 1937, 31 (as Colored Boy).

1940

  • Baur, John I.H. Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906: An American Genre Painter. Exh. cat. The Brooklyn Museum, 1940: 34-35, 79 (as Colored Boy).

1972

  • Hills, Patricia. Eastman Johnson. Exh. cat. The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 1972: 39 (as Negro Youth).

Inscriptions

E.J. / 1863." lower center composition, graphite. "H[illeg.]D[illeg.] 5742" verso, lower left sheet, graphite, unknown hand.

Markings

None.

Watermarks

None.

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