Sunset
c. 1875
Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

Artwork overview
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Medium
oil on canvas
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 39.4 x 57.2 cm (15 1/2 x 22 1/2 in.)
framed: 57.2 x 74.9 cm (22 1/2 x 29 1/2 in.) -
Accession
1964.4.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
By inheritance 1910 to the artist's brother, Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; by inheritance 1917 to his wife, Mrs. Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; given to John Wesley Beatty [1851-1924], Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania;[1] by inheritance to his son, John Wesley Beatty, Jr. [1890-1963], Homewood, Pennsylvania;[2] bequest 1964 to NGA.
[1] After his death, the painting went first to Mr. Beatty's widow, and then to their son, after 1940, according to the provenance in Lloyd Goodrich, edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2005: 2:no. 583.
[2] Homewood is a suburb of Pittsburgh. Beatty's last will and testament gives Pittsburgh as his residence.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1967
National Gallery Loan Exhibition, Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte, North Carolina, 1967, no. 14.
1970
Extended loan for use by The White House, Washington, D.C., 1970-1974.
1985
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Stuart, U.S. Embassy residence, Oslo, Norway, 1985-1989.
1991
Extended loan for use by Secretary Lynn Martin, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1991-1993.
1993
Extended loan for use by Secretary Robert Reich, U.S. Department of Labor, Washington, D.C., 1993-1997.
2000
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Philip Lader, U.S. Embassy residence, London, England, 2000-2001.
2002
Extended loan for use by Attorney General John Ashcroft, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, D.C., 2002-2005.
2005
Extended loan for use by Ambassador Craig R. Stapleton, U.S. Embassy residence, Paris, France, 2005-2009.
2009
Extended loan for use by President Barack Obama, The White House, Washington, D.C., 2009-2017.
Bibliography
1878
"The Arts." Appleton's Journal 14 (6 November 1878): 603.
1970
American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 70, repro.
1979
Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York, 1979: 101, 284, repro. 284.
1980
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 178, repro.
1981
Williams, William James. A Heritage of American Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1981: 172, repro.
1986
Wilmerding, John. "Winslow Homer's Dad's Coming." In John Wilmerding, ed. Essays in Honor of Paul Mellon, Collector and Benefactor. Washington, D.C., 1986: 399, repro. 398.
1992
American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 204, repro.
1996
Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 309-311, repro.
2005
Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer, vol. 2. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005, no. 583.
Inscriptions
lower right: HOMER
Wikidata ID
Q20188802