Live Auction 2467Fine American Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture
Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Lot 107 Property of a Florida and New York Private Collector

Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)

Lady in Yellow (Edwina Booth)

Closed27 September 2011

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Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Lady in Yellow (Edwina Booth)
signed with initials 'E.J.' (lower right)
oil on canvas
22 x 14 in. (55.9 x 35.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1885.

Private collection, family of the artist.
[With]Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, 1977.
Private collection, Connecticut.
Hammer Galleries, New York, 1981.
Acquired by the present owner, circa 1980s.

Specialist note

According to Dr. Patricia Hills, the present work is a study for a major portrait of Edwina Booth, now in the collection of Amherst College, Amherst, Massachusetts.

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