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Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910 Breezing Up (A Fair Wind), 1873-1876 oil on canvas Overall: 61.5 x 97 cm (24 3/16 x 38 3/16 in.) framed: 90.5 x 126.4 cm (35 5/8 x 49 3/4 in.) Gift of the W. L. and May T. Mellon Foundation 1943.13.1 Not on View |
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Conservation Notes
The medium-weight, plain-weave fabric support has been lined and cusping is found only on the vertical edges. Over the white ground of moderate thickness is a thin reddish-brown imprimatura. X-radiography, infrared reflectography, and pentimenti reveal many changes in the composition: alterations in the angle of the mast and the position of the tiller and rudder; the deletion of two boats in the background; the addition of the schooner at right on top of the completed sky; and the replacement of the figure of a boy in the bow with an anchor. The flattened impasto is, presumably, a consequence of previous treatments. In 1966, the varnish was thinned and the painting was restored. In 1995, the discolored varnish was removed from the surface and a triangular black gray overpaint in the upper right corner was removed. The picture was revarnished and inpainted to hide pentimenti.| « | back to gallery | » | continue tour |