Past Exhibition

Winslow Homer Watercolors

Winslow Homer, View of Santiago de Cuba, 1885, watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Bequest of Julia B. Engel, 1984.58.4

Details

  • Dates

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  • Locations

    West Building, Ground Floor, Central Gallery (3,000 sq. ft.)
Winslow Homer, View of Santiago de Cuba, 1885, watercolor and pen and black ink over graphite on wove paper, Bequest of Julia B. Engel, 1984.58.4

Overview: 99 watercolors created by Winslow Homer during the years between 1873 and 1905 were borrowed from 60 public and private American collections to celebrate the 150th anniversary of the artist's birth.

Organization: The exhibition was organized by Helen A. Cooper, curator at Yale University Art Gallery. Nicolai Cikovsky Jr. was coordinator at the National Gallery. Gaillard Ravenel and Mark Leithauser designed the exhibition, and Gordon Anson designed the lighting for the National Gallery.

Sponsor: The exhibition was supported by IBM Corporation.

Attendance: 431,880

Catalog: Winslow Homer Watercolors, by Helen A. Cooper. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986.

Brochure: Winslow Homer Watercolors. Washington, DC: National Gallery of Art, 1986.

Other Venues:

  • Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 06/06/1986–07/27/1986
  • Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, 09/11/1986–11/02/1986

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