Beaver Mountain, Adirondacks; Minerva, New York

Artist Winslow Homer (American, 1836 - 1910)

Dateca. 1874-1877

DimensionsFramed: H 21 3/8 x W 26 1/2 x D 4 1/4 in. (H 54.3 x W 67.3 x D 10.8 cm)
Image: H 12 1/8 x W 17 1/8 in. (H 30.8 x W 43.5 cm)

Credit LinePurchase 1955 Louis Bamberger Bequest Fund

Object number55.118

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Object NamePainting

Title Details

Published Title Beaver Mountain, Adirondacks; Minerva, New York

Remarks 1981 Newark Museum Catalogue

Inscriptionsrecto: l.r. brown paint "Winslow Homer"; verso: l.c. stencil black ink "P.DE CHAUX & CO / Artists [xxx-illegible] ourmeu / New York"; stretcher: u.c. graphite "[striked through out] 9617A [end strike out] 9731A"; u.r. black ink "c-8238"; back of frame: l.c. black marker "NEWARK MUSEUM"Marks and Labels/Stampsstretcher: u.r., printed and handwritten gum label "NO. 80 / W.S. BUDWORTH & SON / PACKERS & SHIPPERS / 424 WEST 52ND ST., NEW YORK, N.Y."; bacl of frame: u.l. black marker on masking tape "D6"; on file from old backing: printed and typed paper label "CARNEGIE INSTITUTE, PITTSBURGH, PA., U.S.A. / TITLE. . . Beaver Mountain, Adirondacks / [label torn] WINSLOW HOMER / Mrs. Leland Hayward"; printed and typed paper label "Artist Name Winslow Homer / title Beaver Mountain, Adirondacks / Size 13 X 17"ProvenanceRev. Prescott, Boston, Massachusetts (gift from the artist); William J. Kaula, Greenville, New Hampshire; J.W. McBrine, Boston, Massachusetts; M. Knoedller and Co., New York, New York; Maynard Walker Gallery, New York, New York; Margaret Sullavan, New York, New York; Leland Hayward, New York, New York; Babcock Galleries, New York, New YorkExhibition History"Homer Centenary," Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvannia (1937)
James Vigeveno Galleries, Los Angeles, California, no. 15, owned by Leland Hayward (Aug. 14 - Sept. 9, 1944)
University of Arizonia (Sept. 1963)
"Off the Pedestal: New Women in the Art of Homer, Chase and Sargent", Newark Museum, Newark, New Jersey (March 18 - June 25, 2006); McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, Texas (July 26 - October 15, 2006); The Frick Art and Historical Center , Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (November 4, 2006 - January 14, 2007)

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