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Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a person lying on a sling over rough water. The person's face is tilted upwards, with closed eyes and wet hair. They wear a long, clinging dress. There are crashing waves and rocks visible in the background.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching on imitation parchment

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.

  • Dimensions

    image: 42.23 × 70.17 cm (16 5/8 × 27 5/8 in.); plate: 57.15 × 82.87 cm (22 1/2 × 32 5/8 in.); sheet: 59.06 × 86.68 cm (23 1/4 × 34 1/8 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1964.4.10

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1403

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1988

  • Graphic Survey Show, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., June 1988.

2005

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

2016

  • Three Centuries of American Prints: from the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington; National Gallery in Prague, Prague 1; Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico City; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, 2016 - 2017, no. 46.

Bibliography

2012

  • Foster, Kathleen A. Shipwreck!: Winslow Homer and The Life Line. Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 2012; 76-77, 77 illus., 82, 112n236, 122.

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1403, p. 471-472.

Inscriptions

upper left above image: G.W.H. Ritchie Imp.; upper right above image: Copyright 1889 by C Klackner N.Y.; lower left in plate: Winslow Homer Sc; lower right in graphite: Winslow Homer

Wikidata ID

Q65512377

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