The Blacksmith Shop
Artist
Eastman Johnson
American, 1824–1906
MediumOil on pressed wood fiber board
Dimensions16 x 24 in. (40.6 x 61 cm)
Frame: 21 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 2 in. (55.2 x 75.6 x 5.1 cm)
Frame: 21 3/4 x 29 3/4 x 2 in. (55.2 x 75.6 x 5.1 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina
Object number52.9.19
On View
Not on view[1] Levy Galleries inventory no. 9457A.
Published ReferencesCatalogue of Finished Pictures, Studies, and Drawings by the Late Eastman Johnson, N. A., to be Sold at Unrestricted Public Sale by Order of Mrs. Eastman Johnson at the American Art Galleries (New York: American Art Galleries, 1907), no. 49.
John I. H. Baur, Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906: An American Genre Painter (exhibition catalogue) (New York: Brooklyn Museum, 1940), general cat. no. 79; also listed in exhibition checklist p. 46.
"Johnson in Homey 19th Century Show," Art Digest 16 (April 15, 1942), 18, noted.
William R. Valentiner, "The Raleigh Museum's First 220 Paintings: Notes on the Collection," Art News 55 (April 1956), 46-55, 91-92, illus. (b-w) 47.
"What a Million Dollars Buys in Good Paintings," Life 41 (December 10, 1956), illus. (b-w) 71.
W. R. Valentiner, Catalogue of Paintings: Including Three Sets of Tapestries (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1956), no. 22.
American Paintings to 1900: Catalogue of Paintings, Vol. 1, 2nd ed. (Raleigh:North Carolina Museum of Art, 1966), no. 34, illus. (b-w).
Charles W. Stanford, Jr., Selections from British and American Painting and Sculpture (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1967), no. 27, illus. (b-w).
American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art (brochure) (Charlotte: Mint Museum of Art, 1975), no. 22.
Life in 19th Century America (exhibition catalogue) (Evanston: Terra Museum of American Art, 1981), no. 51, illus. (b-w).
Jo Allen and Gil Leebrick, eds., Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates (exhibition catalogue) (Greenville, NC: The College of Arts and Sciences and The School of Art, East Carolina University, 1996), illus. (color) 36.
Exhibition HistoryBrooklyn, NY, Brooklyn Museum, "Eastman Johnson, 1824-1906: An American Genre Painter," January 18-February 26, 1940, general catalogue no. 79 (lent by the Misses F. Pearl and Elizabeth Browning).
New York, NY, John Levy Galleries, "Eastman Johnson," April 8-30, 1942, no. 14.
Charlotte, NC, Mint Museum of Art, "American Paintings from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," September 7-October 19, 1975, no. 22.
Fayetteville, NC, Fayetteville Museum of Art, "Inaugural Exhibition of American Paintings and Sculpture from the Collection of the North Carolina Museum of Art," May 1-30, 1978.
Evanston, IL, Terra Museum of American Art, "Life in 19th Century America," September 11-November 15, 1981, no. 51, illus. (b-w).
Greenville, NC, East Carolina University, Wellington B. Gray Gallery, Robert Lee Humber: A Collector Creates, November 11-23, 1996, illus. (color) 36.
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