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The Blue Boat
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1892
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 38.6 x 54.6 cm (15 3/16 x 21 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
William Sturgis Bigelow Collection
Accession Number26.764
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
Signed
Signed and dated in brown ink l.l.: "Winslow Homer NA 1892"
in brown ink l.l. under signature: "This will do the business"
Verso, in graphite: "On the trail" and miscellaneous notations
in brown ink l.l. under signature: "This will do the business"
Verso, in graphite: "On the trail" and miscellaneous notations
Provenance1892, sold by Doll and Richards (dealers), Boston, to Francis Shaw, Boston. By 1922, with F. W. Bayley & Son, Boston; 1922, sold by Bayley to William Sturgis Bigelow (b. 1850 -d. 1926), Boston; 1926, bequest of Bigelow to the MFA. (Accession Date: December 20, 1926)