On the Sands

1881

Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache with pen and black ink over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Bequest of Julia B. Engel

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 33.7 × 47.8 cm (13 1/4 × 18 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.58.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.1, no. 1055

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Charles S. Homer, Jr., by bequest, 1910; Mrs. Charles S. Homer, Jr., by bequest, 1917; Arthur P. and Charles L. Homer, by bequest, 1937; (John Nicholson Gallery, 1945); (E. C. Babcock Art Galleries, 1946); (Milch Galleries, by 1951); Mr. and Mrs. Solton Engel, New York, 1951; bequest to NGA, 1984

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1882

  • J. Eastman Chase, Boston, [watercolors], opened c. 6-c.20 Feb. 1882 [?]

1915

  • Water Colors by Winslow Homer, The Museum of the Brooklyn Institute, 16 Oct.-7 Nov. 1915; The Century Association, New York, 8 Dec. 1915-c. 14 Jan. 1916, no. 3

1923

  • Water Colors by Winslow Homer, Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, 9 Sept.-26 Oct. 1923, no. 31

1936

  • Century Loan Exhibition as a Memorial to Winslow Homer, Prout's Neck (Maine) Association, 18 July-2 Aug. 1936, no. 59

1937

  • Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer (1836-1910), Friends of the Boston Symphony Orchestra, 1 Dec. 1937

1938

  • Winslow Homer Water Colors and Early Oils from the Estate of Mrs. Charles S. Homer and Other Sources, Macbeth Gallery, New York, May-June 1938, no. 5

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., April 1986.

1988

  • Winslow Homer: All the Cullercoats Pictures, The Norhern Centre for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, England, 25 July-11 Nov. 1988, no. 10

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995-1996.

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.

Bibliography

2008

  • Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 200, fig. 4.

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.1, no. 1055, p. 58

Inscriptions

lower left in black watercolor: WH/ HOMER 1881; upper right verso in graphite by unknown hand: #1

Wikidata ID

Q64640121

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