WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)

Yachting Girl

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WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)
Yachting Girl
lithograph with extensive hand-coloring in white, 1880, on tan laid paper, laid to a support board (as issued), signed in pencil and with the blindstamp of a flower on the support board, with wide margins, a tiny nick at the bottom edge of the image, several small paper losses at the bottom margin corners, other minor defects in the support board, otherwise in good condition
L. 7 7/8 x 12½in. (199 x 317mm.)
S. 15½ x 19½in. (394 x 495mm.)

Lot Essay

A charcoal and pencil drawing of this subject with similar white heightening is in the collection of Paul Mellon. The dimensions of the drawing are larger than those of the print (10 1/16 x 14 15/16in); the lithograph was produced from this drawing by some process of transfer.
The drawing and the print bear a copyright line and it seems likely that the print was intended for publication, possibly in Harper's Weekly. This project never came to fruition and this print was never editioned. A small number of proofs were hand-colored by the artist.