Sugaring Off: The Maple Sugar Paintings of Eastman Johnson

by Brian T. Allen, Eastman Johnson, Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute

This lovely book provides the first comprehensive examination of Eastman Johnson's vivid paintings of a quintessential New England theme--the making of maple sugar. This series of pictures, executed during the 1860s, is perhaps the most ambitious project in the artist's career.

Brian T. Allen discusses the ways in which Johnson's maple sugar paintings reflect a New England on the edge of vast changes, both in the technology of farming and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300103514
• ISBN13: 9780300103519
• Release Date: January 2004
• Publisher: Clark Art Institute
• Length: 56 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 8.3" x 8.9"