Native hut at Nassau

1885

Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite with scraping and blotting on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.8 × 53.2 cm (14 1/2 × 20 15/16 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.59.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1275


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James W. Ellsworth, Chicago, by 1890; Lincoln Ellsworth, his son, probably 1925; Marie Louise Ulmer Ellsworth (Mrs. Lincoln Ellsworth), New York, by bequest, 1951; (Kennedy Galleries, 1965); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, c. 1972; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1885

  • Water Color Views by Winslow Homer, Reichard & Co., New York, Dec. 1885, no. 1 (as Native Cabin)

1886

  • Winslow Homer and Walter Gay, Doll & Richards, Boston, 19 Feb.-3 March 1886, no. 3 (as Native Cabin)

1890

  • [James W. Ellsworth Collection], Art Institute of Chicago, 5 May-Nov. 1890 (as Natives' Hut at Nassau, N. P.)

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 239-240, no. 147, repro.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2005

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

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2016, no cat.

2022

  • Winslow Homer Crosscurrents, The Metropolitan Mueum of Art, New York, April 11-July 31, 2022.

Bibliography

1986

  • Cooper, Helen A., Winslow Homer Watercolors, New Haven, 1986: 132.

1991

  • Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 274.

1995

  • Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 147.

2001

  • Unger, Miles, The Watercolors of Winslow Homer. New York, 2001: 127.127

2008

  • Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 170-171, fig. 1.

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1275, p. 331

2022

  • Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, April 11-July 31, 2022: p.95.

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: nassau / native hut; in graphite by the artist: Native hut at Nassau / Winslow Homer; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: No. 1 Frame

Wikidata ID

Q64640194


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