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Winslow Homer

On the Trail, 1889

Not on View

Medium

watercolor over graphite on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 32.2 × 50.5 cm (12 11/16 × 19 7/8 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. 1432

Accession Number

1975.92.12

Artists / Makers

Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910

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Inscription

upper right in black watercolor: HOMER.; center verso in graphite: On the trail

Provenance

Mrs. N. E. Pfizer, by 1912; (M. Knoedler & Co., 1912); (Gustav Reichard, 1912); William T. Evans, Montclair, NJ, proably 1912; (American Art Association, 31 Mar.-2 Apri. 1913; Evans sale, no. 96); (M. Knoedler & Co., 1913); Adolph Lewisohn, New York, 1913; Samuel A. Lewisohn, New York, nd; Charles R. Henschel, New York, 1938; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, New York), 1956; gift to NGA, 1975.

Associated Names

Evans, William T.
Henschel, Charles
Henschel, Charles R., Mrs.
Lewisohn, Adolph
Lewisohn, Sam A.
Pfizer, N. E.

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. w-12

1959: Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountain Lake, New York, 15 Aug.-15 Sept. 1959, no. 14

1962: Water Colors by Winslow Homer from the Collection of Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, National Gallery of Art, Washignton, DC, 6 July-12 Sept. 1962, no. 11

1966: Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 July-28 Aug. 1966, no. 24

1986: Winslow Homer Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2 March-11 May 1986; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 6 June-27 July 1986; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 11 Sept.-2 Nov. 1986, no. 164

1995: Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 269-270, no. 168.

2005: Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

1986: Cooper 1986, p.177, fig.164 (dated 1892).

1995: Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 168.

1996: Tatham, David. Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks. New York, 1996: 114-115, no. 39.

2001: Unger, Miles. The Watercolors of Winslow Homer. New York, 2001: 153.

2012: Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1432, p. 501-502