The Truants

c. 1870

Eastman Johnson

Painter, American, 1824 - 1906

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Estate of the artist; (his estate sale, American Art Galleries, New York, 26-27 February 1907, no. 129). Mrs. E. W. McMahon, Pelham, New York;[1] purchased May 1962 by (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York); purchased 27 March 1963 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
[1] According to correspondence 13 November 2003 from Hirschl & Adler to the Corcoran Gallery of Art. See NGA curatorial file. Probably Mrs. Edward Ward McMahon.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1963

  • Progress of an American Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 25 October-29 December 1963, unpublished checklist, as The Shelter.

1977

  • Exhibition of 19th Century American Landscape Painting, The Committee on House Administration of the United States House of Representatives, Washington, 31 January-31 March 1977, as The Shelter.

  • Themes in American Painting, Grand Rapids Art Museum, 1 October-30 November 1977, no. 40, repro., as The Shelter.

1980

  • Inaugural Exhibition: The Seven Ages of Man, London Regional Art Gallery, Ontario, 3 May-15 June 1980, unnumbered cat., repro., as The Shelter.

  • Snow Show, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, 18 January-16 March 1980, no. 46, as The Shelter.

2004

  • Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens, San Marino, California, 2004, repro., as The Shelter.

Bibliography

2011

  • Cash, Sarah, ed. Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Washington, 2011: 304, repro.

Inscriptions

lower right: E. J.

Wikidata ID

Q46629831


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