A scene of mountains and forests surrounding a lake.
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Photo © President and Fellows of Harvard College

A watercolor painting of a forested scene. In the foreground to the left there is the edge of a lake, which is surrounded by forests which stretch into the distance and lead into mountains which get steadily blue-toned and lighter to indicate perspective. The scene is painted in very simple areas and strokes of watercolor in browns, greens, and blues.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1960.669
People
Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Title
Indian Village, Adirondacks
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1894
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/308599

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Watercolor over graphite on heavy off-white wove paper
Dimensions
38.5 x 54.5 cm (15 3/16 x 21 7/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: brown ink, l.r.: Indian Village, Adirondacks / W. H. 1894
  • inscription: verso, center, blue pencil and graphite: [blue pencil:] 43751 / [encircled:] 18 / [graphite:] C.23622
  • inscription: verso, lower edge, graphite: Indian Village
  • inscription: verso, u.l., graphite: 1894
  • gallery label: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper and black ink, printed and handwritten: [torn] L. Knoed[torn] / 355 Fifth Ave. cor. [torn] St. / New York / P.23622 F.43751 / Title: Indian Village / Adirondacks / Water Color by Winslow Homer
  • clipping: removed from old mount, now in curatorial file, paper, printed: 152A Indian Village, Adirondacks 1894 / 14 3/8 x 20 3/4 in. (sight) / Signed l.r.: Indian Village / Adirondacks--/W.H. 1894. / Lent by Alexander M. White

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Winslow Homer, bequest; to his brother Charles S. Homer, Jr., 1910, sold [through M. Knoedler & Co. Inc., New York, NY, 1910]; to Alexander Moss White, Jr., Brooklyn, NY, 1911, bequest; to Alexander Moss White III, Brooklyn, NY, 1929, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1960

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Alexander M. White
Accession Year
1960
Object Number
1960.669
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Descriptions

Description
Verso is covered with old adhesive.

Publication History

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, exh. cat., National Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1958), cat. 152A
  • James Whitney Fosburgh, Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks, exh. cat., Adirondack Museum (Blue Mountain Lake, NY, 1959), pp. 27, 56, repro.
  • Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Winslow Homer, Harry N. Abrams, Inc. (New York, NY, 1979), fig. 321; CL-260, p. 297
  • Görel Cavalli-Björkman and Nils Göran Hökby, En Ny Värld, Amerikanst Landskapmåleri, 1830-1900/ A New World, American Landscape Painting, 1830-1900, exh. cat., Gothenburg Art Museum and National Museum Stockholm (Stockholm, Sweden, 1986), no. 50, reproduced
  • David Tatham, Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks, Syracuse University Press (Syracuse, NY, 1996), p. 142
  • Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer, Spanierman Gallery (New York, 2005-2014), vol. 5, p. 155, no. 1525, repr. p. 155
  • Theodore E. Stebbins, Jr., Virginia Anderson, and Kimberly Orcutt, ed., American Paintings at Harvard, Volume Two, Paintings, Drawings, Pastels and Stained Glass by Artists Born 1826-1856, Harvard Art Museums and Yale University Press (U.S.) (Cambridge, MA and New Haven, CT, 2008), p. 173-174, cat. no. 132, reproduced in color, p. 173
  • Gabrielle Townsend, Winslow Homer: Aquarelles, Bibliothèque de l'Image (Paris, France, 2011), repr. p. 74

Exhibition History

  • Memorial Exhibition of Winslow Homer, Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis, 11/15/1911 - 12/12/1911
  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 11/23/1958 - 01/04/1959; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 01/29/1959 - 03/08/1959
  • Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, 08/15/1959 - 09/15/1959
  • Sargent, Homer, Marin Watercolors, Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, 10/31/1961 - 12/01/1961
  • A New World, American Landscape Painting, National Museum Stockholm, Stockholm, 09/18/1986 - 11/23/1986; Gothenburg Art Museum, Gothenburg, 12/06/1986 - 02/15/1987
  • 32Q: 2700 Impressionism, Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 07/12/2019 - 11/13/2019

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