Beaching a Boat (Figures in the Water, Prouts Neck)
Winslow Homer, American, 1836 - 1910
about 1881-1882
Pen and brown iron gall ink on cream laid paper
Overall: 3 × 8 1/8 in. (7.6 × 20.6 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: From the estate of Tatiana Ruzicka (1915-1995). Presented in 1997 by Edward Connery Lathem in memory of Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978).
D.997.44
Geography
Place Made: United States, North America
Period
19th century
Object Name
Drawing
Research Area
Drawing
Not on view
Inscriptions
Inscribed, in ink, on laid paper (probably originally part of the same sheet as the drawing) mounted on backing on frame backing: From / Winslow Homer's Studio / August 20th 1931 / Martha E. Homer.
Course History
SART 15, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Katherine Hart, Spring 2012
SART 15, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Summer 2014
SART 15.02, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Spring 2019
SART 15.01, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Spring 2019
SART 15, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Winter 2020
SART 15.01, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Fall 2021
Studio Art 15.02, Drawing I, Jack Wilson, Winter 2023
Exhibition History
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 5-July 15, 2001.
Israel Sack Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 20, 1998-September 12, 1999.
Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, March 29-May 29, 2005; Grand Rapids Art Museum, Grand Rapids, Michigan, June 24-September 11, 2005; National Academy Museum, New York City, New York, October 20-December 31, 2005.
Publication History
Barbara J. MacAdam, Marks of Distinction: Two Hundred Years of American Drawings and Watercolors from the Hood Museum of Art, Manchester, Vermont: Hudson Hills Press, 2005, pp. 21, 40, 112, 257, ill. p. 113, no. 28.
Provenance
Studio of the artist until about 1917; Charles Savage Homer Jr. (brother of the artist), who acquired the estate; to Mrs. Charles S. (Martha E.) Homer Jr.; to Rudolph Ruzicka (1883-1978), 1931; bequeathed to Tatiana Ruzicka (1915-1995) (his daughter), 1978; bequeathed to Edward Connery Lathem from Tatiana Ruzicka in 1995 to distribute to the museum of his choice; given to present collection, 1997.
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