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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1943.299
People
Imitator of Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Title
The Stag on the Alert
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
19th-20th century
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/307899

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor and black chalk on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
40.7 × 30.5 cm (16 × 12 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • inscription: l.l., brown ink: Homer '89
  • inscription: old backing board, now in curatorial file, black ink: Burton Mansfield Collection, April 7, 193[ ]
  • clipping: old backing board, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: Catalogue clipping: No. 25 [artist's name spelled "Winsow Homer"-- "L" added in graphite]
  • gallery label: old backing board, now in curatorial file, paper, red and black ink, printed and handwritten: No. 6028
  • label: old backing board, now in curatorial file, black ink and graphite, printed and handwritten: [printed in black: Artist:; graphite:] W. Homer / H. 15 [ ] / W. 11 1/2 / [printed in black: Owner:; graphite:] Dr. M. C. Gould

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Dr. M.C. Gould, sold; through [American Art Galleries, New York, March 29-31, 1916, lot 234] to; H. S. Howard ($100). Burton Mansfield, New Haven, CT, sold; through [American Art Galleries, New York, April 7, 1933, no. 25] to; [Scott & Fowles, New York] sold; to Grenville L. Winthrop, February 1934, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1943

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop
Accession Year
1943
Object Number
1943.299
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • An Important Collection of Foreign and American Oil Paintings, auct. cat., American Art Galleries (New York, NY, March 1916), no. 234
  • Choice Oil Paintings... from the Collection of the Late Burton Mansfield, auct. cat., American Art Association/Anderson Galleries Inc. (New York, NY, April 7, 1933), no. 25

Verification Level

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