Eastman Johnson, Joseph Wesley Harper, Jr.

Eastman Johnson

American · 1824–1906 · Painter, Printmaker

Jonathan Eastman Johnson was an American painter and co-founder of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, with his name inscribed at its entrance. He was best known for… (Wikipedia)

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27lots offered2008–2026years recorded79%sold (19)$7kSign up free to seemedian price

Record prices

  1. Eastman Johnson, Indian Family, circa 1856-57, oil on canvasIndian FamilyBonhams · $422,500≈ £279,764≈ €326,936Sign up to see
  2. Eastman Johnson, Reading Boy, 1863, oil on boardReading BoyBonhams · $132,000≈ £89,382≈ €104,571Sign up to see
  3. Eastman Johnson, Crossing a Stream (Pig-a-Back), oil on boardCrossing a Stream (Pig-a-Back)Bonhams · $118,750≈ £91,600≈ €106,093Sign up to see

Eastman Johnson’s highest prices recorded at auction, ranked in US dollars at each sale-date exchange rate and shown in the currency of the sale (with the buyer’s premium where the house publishes it).

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Average price
median $7kfree account
High
auction record in database
Lots sold
19
of 24 offered · 2008–2026
Sell-through
79%
sold ÷ offered

Price trend

$1k$10k$100k$1M2010201220142016201820202022202420262008-12-03 · $132,0002012-11-28 · $10,0002013-05-22 · $422,5002013-08-20 · $4,1472013-12-04 · $25,0002014-02-04 · $1,8222017-05-24 · $118,7502018-07-20 · $1,2002019-09-14 · $8,5002019-09-14 · $4,5002020-09-12 · $85,0002022-03-26 · $8,0002022-12-18 · $5002024-08-08 · $108,4502025-08-16 · $7,0002025-09-27 · $5,0002026-01-11 · $4,0952026-01-24 · $5,5002026-09-23 · $4,750
Each dot is a sold lot (price realized incl. premium where published, converted to USD at the sale-date rate; log scale). Dashed line: yearly median.

1 lot(s) catalogued with a qualifier (e.g. “attributed to”, “after”, “circle of”) are listed in the results but excluded from these statistics.

3 lot(s) offered at auction whose result the house did not publish are listed under “Also offered” on the results tab and excluded from these statistics.

By medium

MediumOfferedSoldSell-throughAverageMedianHigh
Paintings181689%$59.4kSign up$8.3kSign up$423kSign up
Oil181689%$59.4kSign up$8.3kSign up$423kSign up
Works on paper6350%$2.4kSign up$1.8kSign up$4.8kSign up
Pastel2150%$500Sign up$500Sign up$500Sign up
Drawing3133%$1.8kSign up$1.8kSign up$1.8kSign up

Medium classes are derived from the medium text as published by each house; “Other” includes lots whose medium wasn’t stated.

By year

YearOfferedSoldMedian
202643$4.8kSign up
202532$6kSign up
202411$108kSign up
202232$4.3kSign up
202011$85kSign up
201922$6.5kSign up
201811$1.2kSign up
201731$119kSign up
201411$1.8kSign up
201333$25kSign up
201211$10kSign up
200811$132kSign up

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