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Twilight at Leeds, New York

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1876

Medium/Technique Oil on canvas mounted on fiberboard
Dimensions 61.28 x 71.12 cm (24 1/8 x 28 in.)
Credit Line Bequest of David P. Kimball in memory of his wife Clara Bertram Kimball
Accession Number23.521
CollectionsAmericas
ClassificationsPaintings

InscriptionsLower left: HOMER 187
Provenance1910, upon the death of the artist, by inheritance to his brother, Charles S. Homer, Jr. (b. 1834 - d. 1917), New York. 1912, sold by Doll and Richards, Boston to Clara Bertram Kimball (b. 1838 - d. 1920), Boston; by inheritance to her husband, David P. Kimball (b. 1833 - d. 1923), Boston; 1923, bequest of David P. Kimball to the MFA [see note 1]. (Accession Date: November 1, 1923)

NOTES:
[1] In 1923 David P. Kimball bequeathed forty paintings to the MFA in memory of his wife, Clara Bertram Kimball. He noted in his will that these were "from the collection made by her and bequeathed to me."