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Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Oil on canvas
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Milwaukee Art Museum 750 North Lincoln Memorial Drive Milwaukee Wisconsin 53202 Accession Number: L99
Date:
1882
Notes:
"Watercolors by Winslow Homer: the color of light," Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, fig. 18, pg. 31.
Owner, 1976.
Hendrick, Gordon, "Life & Work of Winslow Homer", N.y.: Abrams,. 1979.
Milwaukee Art Museum, "Guide to the Permanent Collection," 1986, pg. 110.
Image on file.
"Watercolors by Winslow Homer: the color of light," Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, fig. 18, pg. 31.
Milwaukee Art Museum, "Guide to the Permanent Collection," 1986, pg. 110.
Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, pg. 181.
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:
Three peasant girls holding wicker baskets stand together on a hillside, their attention directed toward the sound of a lark heard off in the distance.
Topic:
Figure group--Female  Search this
Occupation--Other--Peasant  Search this
Landscape  Search this
Control number:
IAP 58100122
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_67858