Hudson River, Logging

1891-1892

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

This painting shows a body of water in between wooded mountains. On top of the water there are several long wooden logs with people on them. One of the people stands atop a large log, while the other appears to sit or recline. The people both wear hats, and one of them holds a long stick with a pointed end. The water is a vibrant blue, and the logs are in shades of brown, tan, and yellow. The forest behind the water has trees in shades of dark and light green. The sky has clouds in white and gray against a blue background. The brushstrokes in the artwork are loose, and some of the colors bleed into one another.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Corcoran Collection (Museum Purchase)

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 14 x 20 5/8 in. (35.6 x 52.4 cm)

  • Accession Number

    2014.136.171

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2014, Vol. V, no. 1476

More About this Artwork

The image consists of multiple rectangular panels with wavy lines and blocky shapes, creating a fragmented landscape. The colors used are rich earth tones such as reds, blacks, blues, greens, and beige, resembling rock formations and valleys.

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1901); Dr. Frank W. Gunsaulus, Chicago, Illinois, 1901; (M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1902); Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1903; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1910

  • Eighth Annual Exhibition, Philadelphia Water Color Club, Pennsylvania, 1910, no. 163

1954

  • The Art of Winslow Homer, Bowdoin College Museum of Fine Arts, Brunswick, Maine, 1954.

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1958-1959, no. 162 (NGA only)

1959

  • Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Wildenstein, New York, 1959, p. 55, repro

1960

  • [exhibition title unknown], Munson-Williams-Proctor Institute, Utica, New York, 1960

1977

  • Changing Prospects: Views of America on Paper from the Corcoran Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (and subsequent tour of Canada, organized by the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, to Mount Saint Vincent University Art Gallery, Halifax, Nova Scotia; Beaverbrook Art Gallery, Fredericton, New Brunsick; Glenbow-Alberta Institute, Calgary, Alberta; and Rodman Hall, St. Catherines, Ontario, 1977-1979.

1979

  • American Places, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1979-1980.

1983

  • Winslow Homer in the 1880s: Watercolors, Drawings, and Etchings, Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, New York, 1983, p. 18, fig. 11, no. 15, repro

  • American Master Drawings from the Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1983

1986

  • Winslow Homer Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 1986, no. 182

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Massachusetts; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1996, no. 185 (exhibited New York only).

2006

  • American Landscape: Drawings and Watercolors from the Permanent Collection, Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2006.

2008

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, 2008, p. 138, fig. 4, repro

2015

  • Focus on the Corcoran: Works on Paper, 1860-1990, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2015

Bibliography

1983

  • Simmons, Linda Crocker and with the assistance of Adrianne J. Humphrey, et al. American Drawings, Watercolors, Pastels, and Collages in the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art. Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1983: p. 76, no. 479.

2014

  • Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer vol. 5. New York, 2014: p. 107, no. 1476.

Inscriptions

lower right in black watercolor: HOMER

Wikidata ID

Q64640171

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