(American, 1824-1906)

Self-Portrait, c. 1890-99, unsigned, oil on board, with chalk sketch of a woman spinning verso, 29-3/4 x 22-3/4 in.; possibly period carved gilt wood and composition frame, 38-1/2 x 31-3/4 in.

Note: Exhibited: An American Genre Painter: Eastman Johnson, 1824?1906, Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York, January 18, 1939?February 26, 1940 (Exhibition catalogue: Baur 1940), no. 204, as Self Portrait; Masters of the Portrait, Oklahoma Museum of Art, Oklahoma City, March 4?April 29, 1979, no. 27, n.p.

Literature: Catalogue of an Exhibition of Charcoal Drawings by Eastman Johnson. New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1920. Exhibition catalogue (1920 Kennedy Galleries), p. 11, addendum "Paintings by Eastman Johnson" [possibly, as Eastman Johnson].

Provenance: Eastman Johnson estate/Mrs. Eastman Johnson, New York, 1906, by bequest; Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling Holden, her daughter, by descent; Gwendolyn O. L. Conkling, her daughter, by 1940 (by descent);Baron M. L. van Reigersberg Versluys, London, her nephew, by 1977, by descent; Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York, NY, 1977?1982; Private collection, 1982; Christie's, June 5, 1997, lot 24

surface dirt layer, uneven varnish, areas of fluorescence lower right background; frame possibly period with new back, abrasions and wear