Young Woman Sewing

1876

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

The image shows a woman seated on a cushioned bench or chair. She has her body turned slightly to the side, with her head tilted downward and her eyes looking away from the viewer. Her facial features suggest a contemplative expression, and her hair is pulled back in a loose style. She is wearing a long, light blue dress with puffed sleeves and lace detailing, accentuated by a dark blue ribbon at her neck. She holds a piece of white fabric in her hands. To her side sits a small, decorative item painted in red and beige with a floral pattern. The background features a muted, textured surface in shades of brown and gray.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Perk Van Lith, New York; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1919); (Scott & Fowles, New York, 1919); James Parmelee, Washington, DC, 1920; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1941; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1981

  • Of Time and Place: American Figurative Art from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1981-1983, pp. 62-63, repro

1986

  • American Masters: Works on Paper from the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Smithsonian Institution Traveling Exhibition Service, 1986-1988, pp. 30-33, no. 16, repro

2001

  • Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s, Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City, Missouri; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California; High Museum of Art, Atlanta, Georgia, 2001-2002, p. 113, no. 88

2002

  • The Gilded Cage: Views of American Women, 1873-1921, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2002

2008

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, 2008, pp. 55, 57, fig. 26

2015

  • Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860-1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015

2017

  • American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 2017, unnumbered catalogue.

Bibliography

1959

  • Corcoran Gallery of Art. Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, 1959: 56.

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 76, no. 478.

2002

  • Heartney, Eleanor, ed. A Capital Collection: Masterworks from the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 2002, pp. 50-51.

2005

  • Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 2. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, p. 429, no.607.

2017

  • Foster, Kathleen A. American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent. Exh. cat. Philadelphia Museum of Art, 2017: 143, no. 110.

Inscriptions

lower left in watercolor: HOMER

Wikidata ID

Q64640402

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