Two Scouts
1887
Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor over graphite on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Nancy Voorhees, in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art
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Dimensions
sheet: 50.7 × 35.3 cm (19 15/16 × 13 7/8 in.)
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Accession
1992.6.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1397
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
James J. Higginson, New York, 1887; Dorothy Higginson Weekes (Mrs. Arthur D. Weekes), Oyster Bay, New York, his daughter, by 1941; James Higginson Weekes, Oyster Bay, New York, and Kilbridge, Ireland, her son, by 1953; (Sotheby Parke-Bernet, Los Angeles, 15 June 1977, sale 209, no. 791); Nancy Voorhees, Woodbridge, VA; gift to NGA 1992.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1992
Dürer to Diebenkorn: Recent Acquisitions of Art of Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1992, no. 59.
1996
Obras Maestras de la National Gallery of Art, Museo Nacional de Antropología, Mexico City, 1996-1997, pp. 138-139, repro.
1997
Winslow Homer and the Civil War: Recent Acquisitions, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1997.
2005
Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.
Bibliography
2012
Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1397, p. 462-463
Inscriptions
lower left in black watercolor: Winslow Homer NA.
Wikidata ID
Q64640144