Lot Essay
The present work likely depicts children at play near Houghton Farm, where the artist lived and worked in the summer and fall of 1878.
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The Ron and Diane Disney Miller Collection
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Out on a Limb
Details
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Out on a Limb
signed 'Homer' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1878.
Out on a Limb
signed 'Homer' (lower right)
watercolor and pencil on paper
6 x 8 in. (15.2 x 20.3 cm.)
Executed in 1878.
Provenance
Mrs. Margeret Prenty.
Arthur G. Wright, Massepequa, New York, bequest from the above, 1945.
Private collection, 1965.
Mrs. Stollberger, daughter of the above, by descent.
Private collection, Sands Point, New York, by descent.
Christie's, New York, 3 December 1983, lot 87, sold by the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Meckler Gallery, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1987.
Arthur G. Wright, Massepequa, New York, bequest from the above, 1945.
Private collection, 1965.
Mrs. Stollberger, daughter of the above, by descent.
Private collection, Sands Point, New York, by descent.
Christie's, New York, 3 December 1983, lot 87, sold by the above.
Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Meckler Gallery, Inc., Los Angeles, California.
Acquired by the late owners from the above, 1987.
Literature
G. Teitelbaum, ed., Winslow Homer: An Annual, vol. 3, 1987, n.p., fig. 9, illustrated.
G. Teitelbaum, ed., Winslow Homer: An Annual, vol. 4, 1989, p. 95.
L. Goodrich, A.B. Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 to March 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, p. 142, no. 712, illustrated.
G. Teitelbaum, ed., Winslow Homer: An Annual, vol. 4, 1989, p. 95.
L. Goodrich, A.B. Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 to March 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, p. 142, no. 712, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Hirschl & Adler Galleries, Inc., American Masterworks on Paper, November 23, 1985-January 4, 1986, p. 18, no. 12, illustrated.
Brought to you by
William Haydock
The present work likely depicts children at play near Houghton Farm, where the artist lived and worked in the summer and fall of 1878.