Fishing Boats, Key West
Artist
Winslow Homer
(American, 1836–1910)
Date1904
Mediumtransparent and opaque watercolor over graphite with scraping out on cream wove paper
Dimensions35.6 x 55.6 cm (14 x 21 7/8 in.)
ClassificationsWatercolors
Credit LineMuseum Purchase
Object number1911.22
DescriptionAM/3/Homer #2 Inscribed in watercolor in image, l.r., "HOMER"; in watercolor l.l., "Key West 9104." Inscribed in graphite on verso, u.l., "42039/25827"/"C25393" in a rectangle/"Key West./a Norther,/Fishing Boats/Key West/600." Inscribed in graphite then erased, "on the Nomosona River/western coast of Bermuda." Watermark: ... WHATM...Label TextHomer's fluid use of watercolor is well-suited to his subject in Fishing Boats, Key West. Gray washes form a moody sky, while the deliberate use of accidental effects in the water contributes to the suggestion of an approaching storm. ProvenanceEstate of the artist; (E.L. Knoedler, New York);
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