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Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute 225 South Street, P. O. Box 8 Williamstown Massachusetts 01267 Accession Number: 4
Date:
1886
Notes:
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, no. 136.
Coll.checklist, 1972.
Hendricks, Gordon, "Life & Work of Winslow Homer", N.y.: Abrams, 1979.
Conrads, Margaret C., "American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, pg. 78.
Image on file.
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 231.
Conrads, Margaret C., "American Paintings and Sculpture at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute," New York, NY: Hudson Hills Press, 1990, pg. 79.
(Lower right:) Winslow Homer/1886 signed
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Summary:
Waterscape of rolling waves with two male figures rescuing two female bathers clinging to one another.
Topic:
Waterscape--Sea  Search this
Figure group  Search this
State of Being--Death--Drowning  Search this
Control number:
IAP 23480011
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_271740