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Indians Making Canoes (Montagnais Indians), (painting)

Catalog Data

Painter:
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910  Search this
Medium:
Watercolor on paper
Culture:
Indian  Search this
Type:
Paintings
Owner/Location:
Huntington, The 1151 Oxford Road San Marino California 91108 Accession Number: 83.8.24
Date:
1895
Notes:
"Watercolors by Winslow Homer: the color of light," Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, fig. 17, pg. 204.
"The Huntington Art Collections: A Handbook," San Marino, CA: Huntington Library, 1986.
Exh. Cat.: Southern Alleghenies Museum of Art, Loretto, Pa., 1976-77.
Goodrich, Lloyd, "Winslow Homer," New York: Whitney Museum of American Art, 1973.
"American Masters: 18th and 19th Centuries," New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1972.
Bolton, Theodore, "Watercolors by Homer: Critique and Catalogue," The Fine Arts 18 (April 1932): pg. 54.
"Watercolors by Winslow Homer: the color of light," Chicago: The Art Institute of Chicago; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008, fig. 17, pg. 204.
"American Masters: 18th and 19th Centuries," New York: Kennedy Galleries, 1972, pg. 56.
(Lower left:) Homer/Robeval P. Q. 1895. signed
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Summary:
In the foreground, two figures are squatting next to a canoe. There are more figures in the background, in front of two tents.
Topic:
Figure group  Search this
Ethnic--Montagnais  Search this
Architecture--Boat--Canoe  Search this
Occupation--Craft  Search this
Architecture exterior--Domestic--Tent  Search this
Control number:
IAP 61020092
Data Source:
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
EDAN-URL:
edanmdm:siris_ari_73878