The Lone Fisherman, 1889

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 35.4 × 50.7 cm (13 15/16 × 19 15/16 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel

Catalogue Raisonné

Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1409

Accession Number

1975.92.10

Artists / Makers

Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in red watercolor: HOMER '89-

Provenance

(Reichard & Co., 1890); Guy E. Currie, Brooklyn, 1890; Mathilde Currie (Mrs. Guy E. Currie), Brooklyn, by bequest, 1940; Charles R. Henschel, New York, 1940; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1959; gift to NGA, 1975

Associated Names

Currie, Guy E.
Currie, Mathilde
Henschel, Charles
Henschel, Charles R., Mrs.

Exhibition History

1890: [Adirondack subjects], Reichard & Co., New York, 17 Feb.-1 March 1890

1941: Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, Institute of Modern Art, Boston, 21 June-15 July 1941; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 9 Aug.-10 Sept. 1941, no. wc-6

1962: Water Colors by Winslow Homer from the Collection of Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 6 July-12 Sept. 1962, no. 6

1966: Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 July-28 Aug. 1966, no. 23

2005: Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure (replaced The Rise in the exhibition on 24 October 2005).

Bibliography

2012: Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.1, no. 1409, p. 478