Artwork Details
6 x 10-1/4 in. (panel) 13-3/4 x 17-3/4 in. (framed)
Accession NumberMartha Delzell Memorial Fund
CopyrightAmerican Painting and Sculpture 1800-1945
Color PaletteDr. Alexander Crombie Humphreys [1851-1927], Hoboken, New Jersey; inherited by his daughter, Mrs. E.H. Turnbull; (M. Knoedler and Compnay, New York, New York, and Macbeth Galleries, New York, New York); purchased by Edward Ward McMahon in 1932; sold about 1950 to (Hirschl and Adler, New York);{1} purchased by the John Herron Art Institue, Indianapolis, Indiana, now the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields, in 1954 (54.10). {1} All provenance information contained in a letter from Homer scholar Lloyd Goodrich, dated 29 April 1954, in IMA Historical File (54.10).
- This scene pairs Homer’s love of outdoor subjects with his favorite theme of boys at play.
- The overlapping toy boat and sailing ship connects the real world with the boys’ imagination.
- Homer was the era’s premier interpreter of the American way of life.
Exhibition Name
Venue
Dates
Winslow Homer
Metropolitan Museum of Art
June 17, 1996 - June 22, 1996
Winslow Homer
Museum of Fine Arts Boston
February 21, 1996 - May 26, 1996
Winslow Homer
National Gallery of Art
October 15, 1995 - January 28, 1996
Winslow Homer in Gloucester
Terra Museum of American Art
November 17, 1990 - January 13, 1991
Kaleidoscope of American Paintings
The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art
December 1, 1977 - January 22, 1978
Winslow Homer
Art Institute of Chicago
September 8, 1973 - October 21, 1973
Winslow Homer
Los Angeles County Museum of Art
July 3, 1973 - August 15, 1973
Winslow Homer
Whitney Museum of American Art
April 3, 1973 - June 3, 1973
The American Scene
Sidney and Lois Eskenazi Museum of Art, Indiana University
January 18, 1970 - February 28, 1970
Homer and The Sea
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
October 30, 1964 - November 29, 1964
Introduction to Homer
Macbeth Galleries
1936 - 1936
The Gaphic Art of Winslow Homer
Whitney Museum of American Art
October 30, 1968 - Date Unknown
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