Native hut at Nassau

1885

Winslow Homer

Associated Names
Winslow Homer

Artist, American, 1836 - 1910

This painting shows a white thatched-roof house on open, sandy ground. The brown thatched roof of the house has some yellow grass poking through. People can be seen in the open doorway of the house, identifiable by spots of red, blue, and light-yellow clothing. Behind the house is lush green tropical foliage with a few tall palm trees. A rooster is visible on the sandy ground in front of the house next to a long, white object that may be a downed tree trunk. The sky is filled with large white cumulus clouds and patches of bright blue.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor and graphite with scraping and blotting on wove paper

  • Credit Line

    Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 36.8 × 53.2 cm (14 1/2 × 20 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1994.59.20

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Goodrich/Gerdts 2012, Vol. IV.2, no. 1275

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

James W. Ellsworth, Chicago, by 1890; Lincoln Ellsworth, his son, probably 1925; Marie Louise Ulmer Ellsworth (Mrs. Lincoln Ellsworth), New York, by bequest, 1951; (Kennedy Galleries, 1965); Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, VA, c. 1972; gift to NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1885

  • Water Color Views by Winslow Homer, Reichard & Co., New York, Dec. 1885, no. 1 (as Native Cabin)

1886

  • Winslow Homer and Walter Gay, Doll & Richards, Boston, 19 Feb.-3 March 1886, no. 3 (as Native Cabin)

1890

  • [James W. Ellsworth Collection], Art Institute of Chicago, 5 May-Nov. 1890 (as Natives' Hut at Nassau, N. P.)

1995

  • Winslow Homer, National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996, 239-240, no. 147, repro.

1999

  • An Enduring Legacy: Masterpieces from the Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1999-2000.

2005

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

2016

  • In Celebration of Paul Mellon, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 2016, no cat.

2022

  • Winslow Homer Crosscurrents, The Metropolitan Mueum of Art, New York, April 11-July 31, 2022, 95, no plate no., repro.

Bibliography

1986

  • Cooper, Helen A., Winslow Homer Watercolors, New Haven, 1986: 132.

1991

  • Kopper, Philip. America's National Gallery of Art: A Gift to the Nation. New York, 1991: 274.

1995

  • Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 147.

2001

  • Unger, Miles, The Watercolors of Winslow Homer. New York, 2001: 127.127

2008

  • Tedeschi, Martha with Kristi Dahm. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light, Art Institute of Chicago, 2008: 170-171, fig. 1.

2012

  • Goodrich, Lloyd and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. New York, 2012: IV.2, no. 1275, p. 331

2022

  • Herdich, Stephanie L. and Yount, Slyvia, editors. Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents. Exh. cat. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 2022: 95, 136.

Inscriptions

upper left verso in graphite by unknown hand: nassau / native hut; in graphite by the artist: Native hut at Nassau / Winslow Homer; lower center in graphite by unknown hand: No. 1 Frame

Wikidata ID

Q64640194

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