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Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), "St. John's River, Florida", 1890, watercolor, 13 7/8 x 19…
St. Johns River, Florida
Winslow Homer (American, 1836-1910), "St. John's River, Florida", 1890, watercolor, 13 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. The Hyde Collection, Glens Falls, New York, The Hyde Collection Trust, 1971.70. Photograph by Joseph Levy.

St. Johns River, Florida

Artist Winslow Homer American, 1836 - 1910
Date1890
Place of OriginFlorida, United States of America
MediumWatercolor
DimensionsImage Size: 13 7/8 x 19 15/16 in. (35.2 x 50.6 cm)
Frame Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 28 3/4 x 1 in. (59.7 x 73 x 2.5 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineThe Hyde Collection Trust, 1952
Object number1971.70
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SignedSigned lower right: "Homer, 1890"
DescriptionTwo men fishing from a small boat, water in the foreground. Large cypress trees in the background.Exhibition HistoryWinslow Homer Memorial Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, Feb.6-March 19, 1911.

The Brooklyn Museum, March 28, 1917 (from label)

"Paintings by American Artists", William MacBeth Gallery, 1938 ? (from label)

"Artists of the Florida Tropics," University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, March 1-31, 1965; Cummer Gallery of Art, FL, April 22-May 29, 1965; Museum of Fine Arts, St. Petersburg, FL May?-June 7, 1965.

"Winslow Homer's Florida 1886-1909," Cummer Gallery of Art, Jacksonville, FL, April 24-May 29, 1977

"Winslow Homer Watercolors," The National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, March 2-May 11, 1986; The Amon Carter Museum, Ft. Worth, TX, June 6-July 27, 1986; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, CT, Sept. 11-Nov.2, 1986.

"Winslow Homer Retrospective," National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Oct. 15, 1995-Jan. 28, 1996; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA, Feb. 21-May 26, 1996; and The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY, June 20-Sept. 22, 1996.

"Casting a Spell, Winslow Homer: Artist and Angler" Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Dec. 7, 2002 - Feb. 9, 2003.

"Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light," Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, IL, Feb. 16 - May 11, 2008.

"Homer's America: Selections from the Permanent Collection", Hoopes Gallery, June 21, 2015-Sept 13, 2015

"Masterpieces & Mysteries" Hoopes Gallery, May 1 - October 31, 2021ProvenanceCharles S. Homer (brother of the artist)
Mrs. Charles S. Homer (by bequest)
Arthur P. and Charles L Homer (by inheritance)
1938, New York, NY, William Macbeth, Inc. (consigned for sale)
1938, Glens Falls, NY, Mrs. Charlotte P. Hyde
1952, Glens Falls, NY, The Hyde Collection Trust