Details
Eastman Johnson (1824-1906)
Under the Vines
signed with initials 'E.J' (lower right)
oil on canvas
17 x 21½ in. (43.2 x 54.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1870s.
Provenance
Victor D. Spark, New York.
Private collection, acquired from the above, 1966.
By descent to the present owner.
Literature
The Art Journal, vol. 23, no. 3, Spring 1964, p. 234, illustrated.
Exhibited
San Francisco, California, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Palace of the Legion of Honor, The American Scene, July-August 1964.
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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. According to Dr. Patricia Hills, the present work was most likely painted on Nantucket, where the artist and his family spent their summers beginning in 1870.

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