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DrawingsAmerican19th century

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1864

Artists

Winslow HomerArtist

Description

The figure at left is incised, and the verso of the drawing behind this figure is blackened with chalk.

Classification
Drawings
Medium
Black and white chalk on faded blue laid paper
Culture
American
Century
19th century
Division
European and American Art
Department
Department of Drawings

Dimensions

33.2 × 28 cm (13 1/16 × 11 in.)

Provenance

Winslow Homer, sold [through Charles F. Libbie & Co., Boston, May 29, 1878]. Dr. Henry C. Angell, Boston, before 1879, gift; to Ingersoll Bowditch, Boston, circa 1925, by descent; to Sylvia Scudder Bowditch, Cornelia Bowditch, and Katherine Bowditch Codman, Boston, circa 1935, sold; to [The Old Print Shop, New York] and [M. Knoedler & Co., New York, 1959] [1], sold; to Ethel and Oscar Huffman, 1963, by descent; to private collection, United States, circa 1970, sold; [through Sotheby's, New York, November 21, 2016, lot 13]; to Harvard Art Museums, 2016 Notes [1] According to the Knoedler Stockbook, the drawing was co-owned by The Old Print Shop and M. Knoedler & Co.

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