Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
Shepherdess of Houghton Farm
1878
| Medium | watercolor and graphite, with additions in ink and gouache, on cream wove paper |
| Dimensions | 11 x 19 in. (27.9 x 48.3 cm) Frame: 19 5/16 x 27 3/8 in. (49.1 x 69.5 cm) |
| Object Number | 1955.1483 |
| Acquisition | Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955 |
| Status | Off View |
Image Caption
Winslow Homer, Shepherdess of Houghton Farm, 1878, watercolor and graphite, with additions in ink and gouache, on cream wove paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1483
Select Bibliography
Haverkamp-Begemann, Egbert, Standish D. Lawder, and Charles W. Talbot, Jr. Drawings from the Clark Art Institute: A Catalogue Raisonné of the Robert Sterling Clark Collection of European and American Drawings, Sixteenth Through Nineteenth Centuries, at the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown. 2 volumes. New Haven: Yale University Press, 1964.
Simpson, Marc, and Susannah Maurer. Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2005.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Sixteen: Winslow Homer. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1961.
Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Thirty-three: Drawings of the 17th, 18th and 19th Centuries. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1966.
Murphy, Alexandra. Winslow Homer in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. With contributions by Rafael Fernandez and Jennifer Gordon. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1986.
Beam, Philip C. Winslow Homer: A Biography. Ph.D. diss., Harvard University, 1944.
Goodrich, Lloyd. "Winslow Homer in New York State" Art in America 52 (April 1964): 7887.
Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York: Abrams, 1979.
Downes, William Howe. The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. Boston and New York: Houghton Mifflin Co., 1911.
Goodrich, Lloyd. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. Edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts. 5 vols. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005.
Tatham, David, and David Lake Prince. Winslow Homer's Empire State: Houghton Farm and Beyond. Exhibition catalogue. Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Art Galleries, 2009.
Macbeth Gallery. An Introduction to Homer. Exhibition catalogue. New York: Macbeth Gallery, 1936.
Century Association, New York. Monthly Exhibition. January 1875.
Provenance
[Probably William A. Butters & Co., Chicago, 10 Dec. 1879]; Samuel Raymond, Chicago (probably from 1879); Abby M. Raymond, Chicago, his niece (c. 1918); [Macbeth Gallery, New York, 1919]; [Frank W. Bayley & Son, Boston, 1919]; unidentified collection/s, c. 1920–40; [probably Milch Gallery, New York, c. 1940]; [M. A. McDonald, New York, sold to Clark, 30 Sept. 1942]; Sterling and Francine Clark (1942–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.
