Forebodings
Artist
Winslow Homer
American, 1836 - 1910
Date1881
Place of OriginTynemouth, United Kingdom
MediumTransparent and opaque watercolor, with rewetting, blotting, and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured, beige wove paper
DimensionsSheet: 14 7/16 x 21 9/16 in. (36.7 x 54.8 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 23 1/16 x 30 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (58.6 x 76.4 x 2.9 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 23 1/16 x 30 1/16 x 1 1/8 in. (58.6 x 76.4 x 2.9 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of Charlotte Pruyn Hyde
Object number1971.69
On View
Not on viewCollections
- Works on Paper
SignedSigned in dark grey watercolor in the lower left: "Winslow Homer 1881."
DescriptionPainted in Tynemouth, England during Homer's stay in the fishing village of Cullercoats. Two women, probably fishermen's wives, each carrying a child, standing on the shore looking out at a dark sky and a heavy, windblown sea. Sails on the distant horizon.Exhibition HistoryPennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Fall 1891.The Copley Society of Boston Exhibition of American Watercolors, Paris, 1923.
"Winslow Homer in the 1880's", Everson Museum of Art, Syracuse, NY, Dec. 9, 1983 - Jan. 29, 1984.
"Family Matters: American Impressionism and Realism," The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, Apr. 27- July 27, 2003.
"First Impressions: Winslow Homer and the World of Printmaking", Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Oct. 4, 2008 - Jan. 11, 2009.
"Shipwreck! Winslow Homer and "The Life LIne,"" Philadelphia Museum of Art, September 22 - December 16, 2012.
"Coming Away: Homer in England", Worecester Art Museum, November 11, 2017 to February 4, 2018
"Masterpieces & Mysteries" Hoopes Gallery, May 1 - October 31, 2021
"Celebrating 60 Years: The Collector Charlotte Pruyn Hyde," Hoopes Gallery, The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, NY, May 6-Sept. 17, 2023.Provenance1891, New York, NY (?), Thomas B. Clarke
New York, NY, M. Knoedler & Co., Inc.
by 1939, New York, NY, E. and A. Milch, Inc.,
1939, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1963, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust (Bequest of Charlotte P. Hyde)
