Sketch for "Hound and Hunter"
1891/1892
Winslow Homer
Artist, American, 1836 - 1910
Artwork overview
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Medium
watercolor on wove paper
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Credit Line
Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel
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Dimensions
overall: 35.4 x 50.7 cm (13 15/16 x 19 15/16 in.)
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Accession Number
1975.92.7
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Catalogue Raisonné
Goodrich/Gerdts 2014, Vol. V, no. 1506
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Charles S. Homer, Jr., by gift of Homer, 1892; Mrs. Charles S. Homer, Jr., by bequest, 1917; Charles R. Henschel, New York, 1937; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, by gift, 1937; gift to NGA, 1975
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1911
Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY, 1911, no. 37
Sixth Annual Exhibition of Selected Paintings by American Artists, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 1911, no. 72
1936
Century Loan Exhibition as a Memorial to Winslow Homer, Prout's Neck (Maine) Association, 1936, no. 33
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, wc-9
1947
A Loan Exhibition of Winslow Homer for the Benefit of the New York Botanical Garden, Wildenstein & Co., New York, 19 Feb.-22 Mar. 1947, no. 71
1959
Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks, Adirondack Museum, Blue Mountian Lake, New York, 15 Aug.-15 Sept. 1959, no. 26
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. 8
1963
Winslow Homer in New York State, Storm King Art Center, Mountainville, New York, 29 June-22 Aug. 1963, no. 55
1966
Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 July-28 Aug. 1966, no. 33
1973
Winslow Homer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 3 April-3 June 1973; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 3 July-13 Aug. 1973; Art Institute of Chicago, 8 Sept.-21 Oct. 1973, no. 131
1986
Winslow Homer Watercolors, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2 Mar.-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. 173
1995
Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 276-278, no. 180.
2005
Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 9.
Bibliography
1936
Prouts Neck Association. Century Loan Exhibiton as a Memorial to Winslow Homer. Prouts Neck, Maine : [Prouts Neck Association], 1936, no. 33.
1971
What Is American in American Art. Exh. cat. M. Knoedler, Inc., New York, 1971: 36, no. 84.
1984
Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1100, color repro.
1986
Cooper 1986, p.182, fig.173.
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. 180.
1996
Tatham, David. Winslow Homer in the Adirondacks. New York, 1996: 114-115, no. 41.
2008
Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 201, fig. 7.
2014
Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2014: V, no. 1506, p. 130
Inscriptions
lower right in black: HOMER '92; lower right in brown ink: Original [Sketch] for Oil Painting -- Presented to C.S.Homer Jr. 1892.
Wikidata ID
Q64640031