Not at Home
Eastman Johnson
American Art
On View: American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
The painting’s title may seem curious, especially since there is clearly someone in this comfortably furnished domestic interior. In the past, however, the phrase “not at home” indicated that the occupants of the house were not available to receive visitors.
This painting held a particularly personal meaning for Eastman Johnson. It shows his wife, Elizabeth, climbing the stairs leading to more private areas of their residence on Manhattan’s West Fifty-fifth Street.
This painting held a particularly personal meaning for Eastman Johnson. It shows his wife, Elizabeth, climbing the stairs leading to more private areas of their residence on Manhattan’s West Fifty-fifth Street.
MEDIUM
Oil on laminated paperboard
DATES
ca. 1873
DIMENSIONS
26 7/16 x 22 5/16 in. (67.1 x 56.7 cm)
frame: 42 7/16 x 38 5/16 x 5 1/2 in. (107.8 x 97.3 x 14 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Signed verso in cursive: "E. Johnson"
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
40.60
CREDIT LINE
Gift of Gwendolyn O. L. Conkling
PROVENANCE
1906, inherited from the artist by Elizabeth Williams Buckley Johnson; 1927, inherited from Elizabeth Johnson by Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling; 1931, inherited from Ethel Eastman Johnson Conkling by Gwendolyn O. L. Conkling; February 26, 1940, gift of Gwendolyn O. L. Conkling to the Brooklyn Museum.
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EXHIBITIONS
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in American Art Galleries, 5th Floor, A Quiet Place
CAPTION
Eastman Johnson (American, 1824–1906). Not at Home, ca. 1873. Oil on laminated paperboard, 26 7/16 x 22 5/16 in. (67.1 x 56.7 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Gwendolyn O. L. Conkling, 40.60 (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 40.60_PS22.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 40.60_PS22.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2024
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