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Winslow Homer

Under a Palm Tree, 1886

Not on View

Medium

watercolor on wove paper

Dimensions

sheet: 38.5 × 30.8 cm (15 3/16 × 12 1/8 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. 1334

Accession Number

1975.92.16

Artists / Makers

Winslow Homer (artist) American, 1836 - 1910

Image Use

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Inscription

lower left in black watercolor: Key West- / Jan 1886; lower right in brown: Winslow Homer; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: Key West native / Winslow Homer NA; center verso in graphite by unknown hand: 12 3/8 x 15 3/8

Provenance

Thomas B. Clarke, New York, by 1893; (American Art Association, 14-18 Feb. 1899. Clarke sale. no. 310); Frank Rockefeller, Cleveland, 1899; Alice M. Rockefeller, Cleveland, his daughter, probably by bequest, 1917; Charles R. Henschel, New York, 1943; (George E. Gage, Cleveland, c. 1943); Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1956; gift to NGA, 1975.

Associated Names

Clarke, Thomas Benedict
Henschel, Charles
Henschel, Charles R., Mrs.
Rockefeller, Alice M.
Rockefeller, Frank

Exhibition History

1888: [sixty-six watercolors by nineteen artists], J. Eastman Chase, Boston, c. 10-c. 31 Dec. 1888 (as Florida Landscape and Figure)

1891: Fifth Annual Art Loan Exhibition, New York Athletic Club, 4 April 1891 (as A Key West Native)

1893: American Oil Paintings and Watercolors Loaned and for Sale. First Annual Summer Exhibition of the Art House, The Art House [Thomas B. Clarke], New York, 9 June-through Aug. 1893, no. 52 (as A Key West Native)

1895: Paintings by American Artists from Studios and Private Owners [auction], Fifth Avenue Art Galleries, New York, 8 March 1985, no. 23 (as Beneath the Palm Tree)

1899: Private Art Collection of Thomas B. Clarke [auction], American Art Association, New York, 7-18 Feb. 1899, no. 310

1944: Oils and Watercolors by Winslow Homer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 3 Oct.-2 Nov. 1944

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. 4

1966: Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 July-28 Aug. 1966, no. 20

1975: Winslow Homer (1836-1910): Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 28 Sept. - 14 Dec. 1975.

1995: Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1995-1996, 243-245, no. 153.

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

Bibliography

1911: Downes, William Howe. The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. Boston and New York, 1911: 130, fig. p. 122.

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. 153.

2012: Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.1, no. 1334, p. 402