Casting, Number Two

1894

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

This painting shows a person fishing in a small blue-gray boat, situated to the left of center. The individual's back is to us, and they hold a fishing rod that extends from the center of the painting into the water on the far right. The person is wearing a tan shirt, tan pants with a brown belt, and a wide-brimmed tan hat. There are thick, dark green and blue trees in the background; the water reflects dark greens and blues, as well as shades of tan and white from the boat and person. The brushstrokes are loose, and different colors of paint blend softly with one another.

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Scholarly Article:  Pigment Alteration and Color Change

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Doll & Richards, Boston, 1894); Judge John Lowell, Boston, 1894; John Lowell, Jr., Chestnut Hill, MA, by bequest, nd; Mrs. John Lowell, Jr., Chestnut Hill, MA, by bequest, 1922; Mary Emlen Lowell (Countess of Berkeley), Gloucestersire, England, her daughter, by bequest, 1940; Charles R. Henschel, New York, 1951; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1956; gift to NGA, 1975

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1894

  • Doll & Richards, Boston, 1894

1958

  • Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, Nov. 23, 1958-Jan. 4, 1959, no. 151

1962

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer from the Collection of Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, July 5-Sept. 12, 1962, no. 12

1966

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY, 1966, no. 42

1986

  • Graphics Survey Exhibition, National Gallery of Art, Washington D.C., October 1986.

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 15 Oct. 1995-29 Jan. 1996 (National Gallery only, not in catalogue)

1996

  • An Amazing Bit of Sleight of Hand: Winslow Homer's Watercolor Techniques, Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, 1996, no cat.

2002

  • Casting a Spell: Winslow Homer: Artist and Angler, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, 2002-2003, cat. no. 26.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure.

Bibliography

2002

  • Junker, Patricia and Sarah Burns. Winslow Homer, Artist and Angler. Exh. cat. The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, The Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth. New York, 2002: 76, no. 26.

2014

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2014: V, no. 1538, p. 157.

Inscriptions

lower center on stern of boat in brown ink: HOMER 189; lower left verso in graphite by unknown hand: B 3295; lower center verso in graphite by unknown hand: CA 3888

Wikidata ID

Q64639997

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