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Winslow Homer

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Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a landscape with two levels of activity. Closest to us are horses and mules hitched to covered wagons, with a rider on one of the wagons. In the distance, there are smaller figures and trees sketchily drawn, suggesting a busy scene. The horizon features scattered trees and possible structures. The monochromatic drawing uses pencil on tan paper, giving an earthy tone. The pencil work is loose yet descriptive, showing detailed figures and suggesting distant landscapes with textures and shades.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite and white chalk on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Dr. Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, II

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 25.3 × 35.4 cm (9 15/16 × 13 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1996.121.15

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2005, Vol. I, no. 207

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Major Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski, New York, by gift of Homer, 1904; Edmund Robbins Zalinski, his son, by bequest, 1909; Edmund Louis Gray Zalinski II, his son, Philadelphia, by gift, 1955; gift to NGA, 1996.

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Exhibition History

1925

  • Original Drawings of the Civil War by Winslow Homer, Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York, 1925

1997

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

Bibliography

2005

  • Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 1. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, p. 257, no. 207.

Inscriptions

upper right in graphite: 23

Wikidata ID

Q64640290

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