Two Boys Watching Schooners

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Two Boys Watching Schooners

Winslow HomerLinkedCulture matchlcp-bcddaaacf48f

Date
1880
Medium
Watercolor, with graphite, on moderately thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper
Culture
United States
Department
Prints and Drawings
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
16803

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Created in 1880 during Homer's second visit to Gloucester, Massachusetts, Two Boys Watching Schooners shows two boys perched on an enormous rock, a vantage point from which they could keep an eye on the comings and goings of the fishing fleet. In this work, the artist juxtaposed the figures and shore (rendered in warm tones) with the cool blue tones of the harbor, sky and schooner. In this way, he emphasized the psychological isolation of those who waited on shore, hoping and watching for the safe return of those who made their living from the sea.

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Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
Provenance
The artist to his brother, Charles S. Homer, Jr. (1834–1917), New York, by 1910 [according to correspondence from Abigail Booth Gerdts to the Art Institute, February 10, 2007]. Charles W. Gould (1849–1931), New York, by 1915 [Brooklyn exh. cat. 1915]. Sold by Knoedler and Company, New York, to Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, November 11, 1915 [invoice]; given to the Art Institute, 1933.

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    American Watercolor Landscape Art

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