Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)

The Eavesdropper

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Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
The Eavesdropper
signed 'E. Johnson.' (lower right)
oil on board
12 x 15 in. (30.5 x 38.1 cm.)
Painted circa 1861-66.

Miss Dunham, Greenwich, Connecticut.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1944.
Newhouse Galleries, New York, acquired from the above, 1969.
Mr. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd and Mrs. Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller, New York, acquired from the above, 1970.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1979.

M. Lovell, American Painting 1730-1960: A Selection from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller, 3rd, exhibition catalogue, Tokyo, Japan, 1982, n.p., no. 51, illustrated.
"In the Permanent Collection," Triptych, no. 51, June/July/August 1990, pp. 20-21, fig. 2, illustrated.
M. Simpson, The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, exhibition catalogue, San Francisco, California, 1994, pp. 168-69, no. 65, illustrated.
B.T. Allen, Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson, exhibition catalogue, Williamstown, Massachusetts, 2004, p. 49, fig. 27, illustrated.
B.T. Allen, "Eastman Johnson's Maple Sugar Paintings," American Art Review, 16, no. 2, 2004, p. 169, illustrated.

San Francisco, California, The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, Eastman Johnson: Seven Paintings by the Highly Regarded 19th Century American Artist, December 1979-January 1980.
Tokyo, Japan, The National Museum of Western Art, American Painting 1730-1960: A Selection from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. John D. Rockefeller 3rd, July 27-September 19, 1982, no. 51.
San Francisco, California, The M.H. de Young Memorial Museum, The Rockefeller Collection of American Art at the Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, June 25-November 13, 1994, no. 65.
Williamstown, Massachusetts, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, and elsewhere, Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson, January 18-April 18, 2004.

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This work will be included in the forthcoming catalogue raisonné of the artist's work being compiled by Dr. Patricia Hills.

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