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The Nooning

published 1873

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names

American 19th Century

Artist

Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a scene of three children and a dog relaxing on the grass. Two white houses with simple architecture are partially obscured by trees and shadows. The style is detailed with cross-hatching for texture and shading, resembling an engraving. The color palette is monochrome in sepia tones. Closest to the viewer is a boy lying on his stomach, with a group nearby. In the background, an older woman tends to chickens near one of the houses. The setting is shaded by trees, with laundry hanging in the distance.

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Artwork overview

Medium

wood engraving on newsprint
Credit Line

Avalon Fund
Dimensions

image: 23.2 x 35 cm (9 1/8 x 13 3/4 in.)
sheet: 28 x 41.2 cm (11 x 16 1/4 in.)
Accession Number

1986.31.116
Catalogue Raisonné

Foster 1936, no. 106
Series Title

From "Harper's Weekly", August 16, 1873, p.725

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1995

Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 110-111, no. 44.

Bibliography

1936

Foster, Allen Evarts. "A check list of illustrations by Winslow Homer in 'Harper's Weekly' and other periodicals." Bulletin of the New York Public Library 40 (1936): 842-852. Separately published New York: New York Public Library, 1936.

1969

Gelman 1969, no.238.

1977

Kelsey 1977, no.223.

1995

Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 44.

Inscriptions

lower left in plate: WH; lower center: THE NOONING.-Drawn by Winslow Homer.-[See Page 726.]

Wikidata ID

Q74072890

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