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Ernest Lawson

Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River, c. 1916

Not on View

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 102.55 × 127 cm (40 3/8 × 50 in.)

framed: 141.61 × 166.37 cm (55 3/4 × 65 1/2 in.)

Credit Line

Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund)

Accession Number

2014.136.9

Artists / Makers

Ernest Lawson (painter) American, born Canada, 1873 - 1939

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Inscription

lower right: E. Lawson

Provenance

(Charles Daniels, New York); purchased 1916 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.

Associated Names

Corcoran Gallery of Art

Exhibition History

1916: Sixth Exhibition of Oil Paintings by Contemporary American Artists, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 December 1916 - 21 January 1917, no. 88.

1934: Art League. Washington, 26 May - August 1934.

1967: Ernest Lawson, 1873-1939, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa; Confederation Art Gallery and Museum, Charlottetown, P.E.I.; Nova Scotia College of Art, Halifax; Saskatoon; Sarnia; Agnes Etherington Art Centre, Queen's University, Kingston; Sir George William's College, Montreal; London Public Library, Ontario,1967, no. 36.

1976: Corcoran [The American Genius], Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 1976, no checklist.

1980: Guy Pene du Bois: Artist About Town, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha; Mary and Leigh Block Gallery, Northwestern University, Evanston, 1980-1981, no. 100.

1985: Henri's Circle, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 20 April-16 June 1985, unnumbered checklist.

1998: The Forty-Fifth Biennial: The Corcoran Collects, 1907–1998, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 17 July - 29 September 1998, unnumbered catalogue.

2003: The Impressionist Tradition in America, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 2004, unpublished checklist.

2005: Encouraging American Genius: Master Paintings from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, NY; Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, 2005-2007, checklist no. 74 (shown only in Washington).

2013: American Journeys: Visions of Place, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, 21 September 2013-28 September 2014, unpublished checklist.

Bibliography

2011: Larkin, Susan G. "Ernest Lawson, Boathouse, Winter, Harlem River." In Corcoran Gallery of Art: American Paintings to 1945. Edited by Sarah Cash. Washington, 2011: 214-215, 279, repro.

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