Adirondack Guide
Artist
Winslow Homer
American, 1836 - 1910
Dateca. 1876
MediumOil on panel
DimensionsStretcher: 11 5/8 x 7 1/4 in. (29.5 x 18.4 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (47 x 34.3 x 3.2 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 18 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 1 1/4 in. (47 x 34.3 x 3.2 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineAnonymous Gift to The Hyde Collection
Object number1998.2
On View
On viewCollections
- American Paintings & Sculpture
InscribedIn black on cradle: "3693D".
MarkingsMetal plaque on frame: "Winslow Homer, N.A., 1836-1910".
Label on cradle: "AINTIN--RICAN ARTISTS, WILLIAM MACBETH, INCORP--, --57th STREET--".
In red on label: "10 B" (?)
DescriptionStanding figure of a man carrying a rifle on his left arm, dressed in dark trousers and shirt with a light colored, brimmed hat. Standing in contraposto position, turned slightly to the left, but with the right leg pointed directly forward. His left leg is slightly bent and that foot is turned out towards the left, his head is turned even further in that direction.Exhibition History"Adirondack Works by Winslow Homer from New York Collections," Hyde-Hoopes Gallery, June 25-Sept 4, 1994"Focus On: Winlsow Homer", The Hyde Collection, October 9 - December 5, 1999.
"Accession: Recent Gifts to the Permanent Collection," Hoopes Gallery, Aug. 13 - Oct. 22, 2000.
"Winslow Homer: Masterworks from the Adirondacks," Fenimore Art Museum, Cooperstown, NY, June 21 - September 6, 2004.
"50 at 50: Five Decades of Collecting at the Hyde". Wood Gallery, Education Wing, Hyde House, The Hyde Collection. Glens Falls, January 16, 2013 -April 14, 2013
"Homer's America: Selections from the Permanent Collection", Hoopes Gallery, June 21, 2015-Sept 13, 2015Provenance1910, New York, NY, Artist's estate
1937, New York, NY, Mrs. Charles S. Homer
1939, New York, NY, MacBeth Gallery
1968, New York, NY, Hirschl and Adler Gallery,
1968, Ray Brook, NY, Norman R. Sturgis, Jr.
by 1983, Queensbury, NY, Richard and Elisabeth Day
1998, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust
