Sunset

c. 1875

Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    oil on canvas

  • Credit Line

    Gift of John W. Beatty, Jr.

  • 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

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