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Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Culture:
African American  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
North Carolina Museum of Art 2110 Blue Ridge Road Raleigh North Carolina 27607 Accession Number: 52.9.16
Date:
1875
Notes:
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, no. 48.
North Carolina Museum of Art, 1989.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "Winslow Homer," New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973.
Collection catalog, "American Paintings to 1900," 1966.
Perry, Claire, "Young America: Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006, pg. 94.
Image on file.
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 116.
Perry, Claire, "Young America: Childhood in 19th-Century Art and Culture," New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2006, pg. 94.
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:
Farm landscape with one African-American boy pulling on a rope which is attached to a calf while two other boys watch. Two large haystacks and a fence are behind them. In the right distance a man pulls a white cow.
Topic:
Children  Search this
Occupation--Farm  Search this
Animal--Cattle  Search this
Landscape--Farm  Search this
Ethnic  Search this
Control number:
IAP 39660001
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_51164