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A depiction of white sailboats on water.

In black and white pastel or pencil on brown paper, a scene looking out over water. At staggered distances there are a number of sailboats which seem to be anchored. The closest is at the far right and the farthest is at the far left, with a large number visible between the two. In the distance an opposite shoreline is barely visible.

Identification and Creation

Object Number
1993.51
People
Winslow Homer, American (Boston, MA 1836 - 1910 Prouts Neck, ME)
Title
Seascape with Boats
Classification
Drawings
Work Type
drawing
Date
1880
Culture
American
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/310015

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Graphite and white gouache on brown wove paper
Dimensions
12.5 x 24.9 cm (4 15/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: graphite, l.l.: Homer 1880
  • inscription: Verso, top center, in black medium: Extra

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Doll and Richards, Boston, MA, 1880], sold; to Andrew C. Wheelwright, Boston, MA, 1880, by descent; to his daughter, Mary C. Wheelwright, Majorca, Spain, by 1917. [Giovanni Castano, Boston, MA, 1937], sold; to Aimée and Rosamond Lamb, Milton, MA, by 1943, bequest; to Fogg Art Museum, 1993

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Aimée and Rosamond Lamb
Accession Year
1993
Object Number
1993.51
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer, Spanierman Gallery (New York, 2005-2014), vol. 3, p. 355, no. 972, repr. p. 354

Exhibition History

  • [Exhibition of Homer's Gloucester watercolors and drawings], Doll and Richards Gallery, Boston, 12/08/1880 - 12/24/1880
  • 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; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, 03/26/1959 - 05/03/1959

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