Danger

1883/1887

Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and gouache over graphite

  • Credit Line

    Bequest of Julia B. Engel

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 37.4 × 53.3 cm (14 3/4 × 21 in.)

  • Accession

    1984.58.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1395


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Thomas Benedict Clarke (1848-1931), New York; (American Art Association, New York, 1899, no. 284); H. Sampson, 1899; grandson, Henry Sampson Gillette(1915-2003), New York; (E. & A. Milch, Inc., New York); Solton Engel, New York; wife, Julia Engel, New York; gift to NGA, 1984

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1890

  • Fourth Annual Art Loan Exhibition, New York Athletic Club, 1 March 1890,

1891

  • Thomas B. Clarke Collection of American Pictures, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, 15 Oct.-28 Nov. 1891, no. 88

1898

  • The Paintings of Two Americans [George Inness and Winslow Homer], Union League Club, New York, 10 March-c. 1 Oct. 1898, no. 45

1899

  • Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke [auction], American Art Association, New York, 7-18 Feb. 1899, no. 284

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1995-1996. (National Gallery only, not in catalogue)

1996

  • An Amazing Bit of Sleight of Hand: Winslow Homer's Watercolor Techniques, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 1996, no cat.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1911

  • Downes, William Howe. The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. Boston and New York, 1911: 165.

1995

  • Mountain, Lee, Sharon Crawley, and Edward Fry. Jamestown Heritage Readers. Book G. Providence, 1995: p. 86.

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1395, p. 460-461

Inscriptions

lower right in black watercolor: Winslow Homer 87; lower right in brown watercolor: Winslow Homer / 1883; upper left verso in graphite: not deciphered; center verso in graphite: Danger; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 15 1/8 x 21 1/8; center right in graphite by unknown hand: 14 x 20 1/2

Wikidata ID

Q64640124


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