Skating on the Ladies' Skating-Pond in the Central Park, New York

published 1860

after Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist After, American, 1836 - 1910

The image is a black and white illustration showing a scene on an ice rink. The view is slightly elevated, with a blurred hill in the upper third where people are watching. A group of well-dressed individuals, including men, women, and children, are skating on the ice. More people are skating in the background, with spectators and trees in the distance. The illustration uses fine lines and shading for texture and depth, capturing the skaters' movement and clothing. The color palette is monochromatic, using shades of gray for contrast and emphasizing the figures' motion on the ice.

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Artwork overview


Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1958-1959, no. 222 (not shown in New York).

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.84.

1977

  • Kelsey 1977, no.74.

Wikidata ID

Q65218836

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