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Mrs. Charles R. Henschel

Henschel, Ruth K.

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Winslow Homer, Sketch for "Hound and Hunter", 1891/1892, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.7

Sketch for "Hound and Hunter"

Winslow Homer · 1891/1892 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.7

Charcoal-gray clouds fill most of the sky over a turquoise-blue body of water in this horizontal watercolor painting. The gray clouds on the left become more blue as they move to the right. The water is framed by low hills sloping down from both sides, which are painted in cinnamon and dark brown with touches of forest green and topped with a few slender, windblown trees. Several black rocks form a curve along the lower right side of a cove directly in front of us. Loose strokes of brown, tan, and pale blue fill the lower right corner below them. On the horizon, at the center of the composition, is a dark gray finger of land with a tiny steamship drifting by, smoke rising from its two smokestacks. The artist signed and dated the lower left, “Homer 1901.”
Winslow Homer, The Coming Storm, 1901, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.3

The Coming Storm

Winslow Homer · 1901 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.3

A buck jerks to the right as it leaps toward us, over a boulder and away from a rolling river in this horizontal watercolor painting. The buck is just right of center, and his body scissors, presumably as a gunshot lands. His curling horns nearly meet in an oval overhead, and one front leg is pulled up. The river is painted with tones of spruce green and sapphire, topaz, and celestial blue. The black silhouettes of two animals, either more deer or dogs, are in the distance to the right, and a white puff is along the far bank to the left. The forested background is painted broadly with tones of earthy green, tan, and smoky blue. The artist signed and dated the watercolor in the lower left corner, “Oct 12 1892 Homer.”
Winslow Homer, A Good Shot, Adirondacks, 1892, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.5

A Good Shot, Adirondacks

Winslow Homer · 1892 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.5

Winslow Homer, Blue Spring, Florida, 1890, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.1

Blue Spring, Florida

Winslow Homer · 1890 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.1

Winslow Homer, The Lone Fisherman, 1889, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.10

The Lone Fisherman

Winslow Homer · 1889 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.10

Winslow Homer, Hauling in the Nets, 1887, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.6

Hauling in the Nets

Winslow Homer · 1887 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.6

A young woman with light skin carries a large basket propped on her hip down a steep dune in this horizontal watercolor, which is painted mostly in light slate blue, sage green, tan, and ivory white. She is near the top of the hill, to our left. Her reddish-brown hair is pulled back to the nape of her neck. She wears a long, steel-blue dress with the sleeves rolled up to her elbows and black clog-like shoes. The hill she stands on angles steeply down from almost the top left corner of the paper to just inside the lower right corner, and it is dotted with scrubby green grasses on sand-colored ground. The horizon line is very low, nearly along the bottom edge of the composition. In the deep distance, beyond the dune in the lower right corner, a small patch of blue water with a single sailboat is visible. The bright, hazy sky is nearly white.
Winslow Homer, Girl Carrying a Basket, 1882, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.4

Girl Carrying a Basket

Winslow Homer · 1882 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.4

Winslow Homer, Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine, 1883, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.8

Incoming Tide, Scarboro, Maine

Winslow Homer · 1883 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.8

Winslow Homer, Under a Palm Tree, 1886, watercolor on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.16

Under a Palm Tree

Winslow Homer · 1886 · watercolor on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.16

Winslow Homer, On the Trail, 1889, watercolor over graphite on wove paper, Gift of Ruth K. Henschel in memory of her husband, Charles R. Henschel, 1975.92.12

On the Trail

Winslow Homer · 1889 · watercolor over graphite on wove paper ·  Accession ID  1975.92.12