Zouave

1864

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a person standing in a slightly leaning forward position with their head lowered, looking downwards. They have facial features that are somewhat shadowed, with a mustache visible. The person wears a cloth wrapping or turban around their head with long draping ends falling down their back. They are dressed in traditional clothing, which includes a loose, long-sleeved top and baggy trousers that taper at the ankles with wrappings over what appear to be boots or shoes. The background is plain and unadorned.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    black and white chalk on olive-green wove paper

  • Credit Line

    John Davis Hatch Collection, Avalon Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 40.3 × 19.1 cm (15 7/8 × 7 1/2 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1982.4.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2005, Vol. I, no. 235

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Charles F. Libbie auction gallery, Boston, 29 May 1878) [?]; Francis G. Shaw, Chatham, MA, by gift, c. 1890; (Maynard Walker Galleries, c. 1935); John Davis Hatch [1907-1996] (Lugt Supp 2974a), 1936; acquired 1982 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1878

  • Charles F. Libbie, Boston, [auction], [c. 27]-29 May 1878

1953

  • Early Winslow Homer, Covering Twenty-five Years from 1864-1889, Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, 19 Oct.-6 Nov. 1953, no. 20

1988

  • Winslow Homer: Paintings of the Civil War, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. de Young Memorial Museum, 2 July-18 Sept. 1988; Portland (Maine) Museum of Art, 8 Oct.-18 Dec. 1988; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 7 Jan.-12 March 1989, no. 14a

1997

  • Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, Dc, 17 July-21 Sept. 1997.

2005

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

Bibliography

1976

  • Hatch, John Davis. 100 American Drawings: Loan Exhibition from the Collection of John Davis Hatch. London: Heim Gallery, 1976, no. 66.

2005

  • Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 1. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, p. 290, no. 235.

Inscriptions

lower right in graphite: W-H- / 1864

Markings

upper left recto and lower left verso in red ink: J.D.Hatch Jr. stamp (Lugt Supp 2974a)

Wikidata ID

Q64640120

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