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Sheet of Studies
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906)
1876
Medium/Technique
Graphite on buff paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 25.7 x 31.1 cm (10 1/8 x 12 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Maxim Karolik for the M. and M. Karolik Collection of American Watercolors and Drawings, 1800–1875
Accession Number56.365
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsDrawings
Catalogue Raisonné
Karolik (1962) cat.416
DescriptionAt left two men, seen from behind, carrying a basket between them; upper right two old men in hats, bust length; lower right little girl in hat, facing. The figures are definitely studies for the painting of 1876, "Corn Husking at Nantucket," Chicago Art Institute, a variant of which is in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. The other sketches relate less surely to either of the paintings.
ProvenanceMaxim Karolik, Newport; Gift to MFA June 7, 1956