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Winslow Homer

Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine, 1883

Not on View

Medium

watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions

overall: 38.1 x 54.8 cm (15 x 21 9/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel

Catalogue Raisonné

Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1206

Accession Number

1975.92.8

Artists / Makers

Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910

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Inscription

lower left in black: HOMER 1883

Provenance

James W. Ellsworth, Chicago, by 1890; (M. Knoedler & Co., nd); Charles R. Henschel, New York, by 1935; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1956, gift to NGA, 1975

Associated Names

Ellsworth, James W.
Henschel, Charles
Henschel, Charles R., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1883: English and Maine subjects, Doll & Richards, Boston, 1-15 Dec 1883, no. 34 (as Sunlight after a Storm).

1890: James W. Ellsworth Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 5 May-1 Nov 1890 (as Surf at Scarboroug, ME).

1941: Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, Institute of Modern Art, Boston, 21 Jun-15 Jul 1941; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 9 Aug-10 Sep 1941, no. wc-2

1944: Oils and Watercolors by Winslow Homer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 3 Oct-2 Nov 1944.

1962: Water Colors by Winslow Homer from the Collection of Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 6 Jul-12 Sep 1962, no. 3

1966: Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 Jul-28 Aug 1966, no. 17

1978: Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 108.

1995: Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 15 Oct 1995-28 Jan 1996 (National Gallery of Art only, not in catalogue).

1996: An Amazing Bit of Sleight of Hand: Winslow Homer's Watercolor Techniques, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 1996, no cat.

2005: Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 7.

Bibliography

1984: Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1099, color repro.

1986: Cooper 1986, p.126, fig.116.

1987: Wilmerding, John. American Marine Painting. Rev. ed. of A History of American Marine Painting, 1968. New York, 1987: 155, 157,160, fig.148.

1992: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 323, repro.

1993: "A Summer's Pleasure: Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine by Winslow Homer." The American Art Journal XXV, 1993, 63-73.

1996: Weingrod, Carmi. "Methods and Materials: A Report on Artist's Papers." American Artist, 60 (October 1996): 14 (repr).

2006: Lévy, Sophie et al. Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea, Exh. cat. Giverny: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2006, 41, 48-49.

2008: Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 115, fig. 6.

2012: Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1206, p. 258-259