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Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas on board
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
New Britain Museum of American Art 56 Lexington Street New Britain Connecticut 06052 Accession Number: 1950.3
Date:
1878
Notes:
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Catalogue of the collection," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1975.
"Oil Paintings, Water Colors, Lithographs, Etchings," New Britain, CT: New Britain Museum of American Art, 1963?.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "Winslow Homer," New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973.
Image on file.
New Britain Museum of American Art, "Highlights of the collection: volume I," New Britain, CT: The Museum, 1999, pg. 89.
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 100.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "Winslow Homer," New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973, p. 82.
(Lower left:) WINSLOW HOMER/1878 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:
A woman stands in a field, holding a butterfly net. Two yellow butterflies flutter before her.
Topic:
Landscape--Season--Summer  Search this
Figure female--Full length  Search this
Animal--Insect--Butterfly  Search this
Control number:
IAP 07130075
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_36320