Sparrow Hall

c. 1881-1882

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    John Wilmerding Collection

  • Dimensions

    overall: 39.4 x 56.5 cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/4 in.)
    framed: 63.5 × 81.6 × 12.7 cm (25 × 32 1/8 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2025.89.10

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

The artist [1836-1910]; by inheritance to his brother, Charles S. Homer, Jr. [1834-1917], New York and Townsend, Massachusetts; by inheritance to his wife, Martha Ellen French Homer [1846-1937], Townsend, Massachusetts; by inheritance to her nephews, Arthur P. Homer [1876-1940], Townsend, Massachusetts, and Charles L. Homer [1881-1955], Quincy, Massachussetts; (Wildenstein & Co., New York, 1943); private collection; (Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York by 1976); sold 10 October 1977 to John Wilmerding, New York [1938-2024]; bequest 2025 to NGA.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1884

  • Exhibition, Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, 1884, no. 335, as Sparrow Hall by Windsor Homer.

1907

  • Eleventh Annual Exhibition, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 1907, no. 221, as Sparrow Hall, Newcastle-on-Tyne.

1912

  • Oil Paintings by Winslow Homer, Doll & Richards, Boston, 1912, no. 6, as Fisher Folk Tynemouth.

1923

  • Paintings and Water Colors by Winslow Homer, Doll & Richards, Boston, 1923, no. 4, as Fisher Folk Tynemouth.

1938

  • Winslow Homer Water Colors and Early Oils fromthe Estate of Mrs. Charles S. Homer and Other Sources, Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1938, no. 16, as Fisherfolk, Tynemouth.

1947

  • A Loan Exhibition of Winslow Homer for the Benefit of the New York Botanical Garden, 1947, Wildenstein & Co., New York, no. 23 as On the Stairway, Tynemouth.

1949

  • Winslow Homer 1836-1910. Eastman Johnson 1824-1906, Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science, and Art (first venue of eight, traveling exhibition circulated by Wildenstein & Co., New York).

1952

  • Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, Allied Arts Association Annual Art Festival, Houston, 1952, no. 12.

1964

  • Homer and the Sea, The Mariners Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, and The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, 1964, no. 20.

1972

  • Winslow Homer 1836-1910: A Selection from the Cooper-Hewitt Museum, 1972, Cooper-Hewitt Museum, New York (exhibited at Wildenstein & Co., New York), no. 53a, not in catalogue.

1983

  • Exhibition, The Century Association, New York, 1883, no. 1.

2004

  • American Masters from Bingham to Eakins. The John Wilmerding Collection, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2004-2005, no. 18, repro.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 5.

Bibliography

1977

  • Gerdts, William H. "Winslow Homer in Cullercoats." Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin 36, no.2 (Spring 1977): 27-28, repro.

1979

  • Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer, New York, 1979: 151, fig.237.

1988

  • McConkey, Kenneth, "...a dapper medium-sized man with a awatercolor sketching block...", in Winslow Homer : all the Cullercoats pictures, Northern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England, exh. cat., 1988:65, 93, repro.

1995

  • Harrison, Tony. Winslow Homer in Cullercoats, 1995: 12-13, fig. 8, n. E13.

2004

  • "The John Wilmerding Collection: 'A Cause for Celebration.'" Antiques and the Arts Weekly(November 2004): 67.

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