Collection Highlights
Study for "Departure of the Seventh Regiment for the War, April 19, 1861"
c. 1865-69
1946.174
Oil over graphite on brown paper, varnished, laid on heavy board, nailed and mounted on a wood panel
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874-1971)
Title
Alvin Saunders Johnson (1874-1971)
Date
c. 1940-45
Medium
Watercolor, gouache, and touches of charcoal on watercolor board
Dimensions
Overall: 21 5/8 x 17 3/4 in. ( 54.9 x 45.1 cm )
Description
Portrait
Credit Line
Gift of Enit Kaufman
Object Number
1947.170
Marks
signature: lower right: "Enit Kaufman"
Inscriptions
Signed at lower right in black ink: "Enit Kaufman"
Gallery Label
Johnson was born near Homer, Nebraska, the son of John and Edel Marie (Bille) Johnson. He served as editor of the "New Repubic" (1917-ca. 1923) and as director of the New School for Social Research (1923-1945).
Provenance
Enit Kaufman and Dorothy Canfield Fisher, American Portraits (New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1946)
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
