Three Fisher Girls, Tynemouth

1881

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

This is a painting of three women standing on a rocky shore. The women have brown hair and pale skin in shades of peach and blue-gray, and they wear dark blue dresses with gray aprons, with shawls in shades of blue and gray wrapped around their heads and shoulders. Two of the women are holding wide baskets, and the third has a large net balanced on her shoulder. Their clothing and the strings of the net seem to be blown to the right by the wind. On the left, the horizon shows two sailboats on the water in the distance against a cloudy gray sky. On the right is a rocky hill in shades of brown, gray, and green, and the ground beneath the women's feet is a similar blend of colors.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor over graphite on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 29.85 × 48.9 cm (11 3/4 × 19 1/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.89.4

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.1, no. 1070

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Mrs. F.S. Clark, Boston, by 1910; Isabella Clark Eaton (Mrs. John Marshall Eaton), Concord, MA, daughter of Mrs. F.S. Clark, by 1932; (Doll & Richards, Boston, 1938); John S. Ames, Boston, 1938; Mrs. John S. Ames, North Easton, MA, by bequest, 1959; one of her sons, by gift.[1] Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2012; Bequest of Mrs. Paul Mellon to NGA, 2012
[1] Early provenance from Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gertds. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.1, no. 1070, p. 72

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1882

  • J. Eastman Chase, Boston, [watercolors], opened c. 6-c. 20 Feb. 1882

1941

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, [watercolors], opened 19 Oct. 1941

Bibliography

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.1, no. 1070, p. 72

Inscriptions

lower right in black watercolor: Winslow Homer 1881; upper center verso in pen and brown ink by unknown hand: 10; upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: #2319

Wikidata ID

Q64640378

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