Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine

1883

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

This painting shows a seascape with brown and gray rocks across the bottom, partially submerged in the water. The sky is gray and the dark blue sea is turbulent, with waves crashing up against the rocks in a spray of white and light blue-green. The colors are soft and blend into one another.

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Artwork overview

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James W. Ellsworth, Chicago, by 1890; (M. Knoedler & Co., nd); Charles R. Henschel, New York, by 1935; Ruth K. Henschel (Mrs. Charles R. Henschel), New York, 1956, gift to NGA, 1975

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1883

  • English and Maine subjects, Doll & Richards, Boston, 1-15 Dec 1883, no. 34 (as Sunlight after a Storm).

1890

  • James W. Ellsworth Collection, Art Institute of Chicago, 5 May-1 Nov 1890 (as Surf at Scarboroug, ME).

1941

  • Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, Institute of Modern Art, Boston, 21 Jun-15 Jul 1941; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 9 Aug-10 Sep 1941, no. wc-2

1944

  • Oils and Watercolors by Winslow Homer, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, 3 Oct-2 Nov 1944.

1962

  • Water Colors by Winslow Homer from the Collection of Mrs. Charles R. Henschel, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 6 Jul-12 Sep 1962, no. 3

1966

  • Watercolors by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 7 Jul-28 Aug 1966, no. 17

1978

  • Master Drawings from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art and Promised Gifts, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1978, p. 108.

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 15 Oct 1995-28 Jan 1996 (National Gallery of Art 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.

2005

  • Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 2005-2006, unnumbered brochure, fig. 7.

Bibliography

1984

  • Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. Rev. ed. New York, 1984: 683, no. 1099, color repro.

1986

  • Cooper 1986, p.126, fig.116.

1987

  • Wilmerding, John. American Marine Painting. Rev. ed. of A History of American Marine Painting, 1968. New York, 1987: 155, 157,160, fig.148.

1992

  • National Gallery of Art, Washington. Washington, D.C., 1992: 323, repro.

1993

  • "A Summer's Pleasure: Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine by Winslow Homer." The American Art Journal XXV, 1993, 63-73.

1996

  • Weingrod, Carmi. "Methods and Materials: A Report on Artist's Papers." American Artist, 60 (October 1996): 14 (repr).

2006

  • Lévy, Sophie et al. Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea, Exh. cat. Giverny: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2006, 41, 48-49.

2008

  • Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 115, fig. 6.

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1206, p. 258-259

Inscriptions

lower left in black: HOMER 1883

Wikidata ID

Q64640034

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