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Rise to the Fly
Trout Breaking
Rise to the Fly
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
1889
Medium/Technique
Watercolor over graphite on paper
Dimensions
Sheet: 35.2 x 50.4 cm (13 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.)
Credit Line
Bequest of John T. Spaulding
Accession Number48.729
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsAmericas, Prints and Drawings
ClassificationsWatercolors
InscriptionsSigned and dated in red with touches of bright opaque red watercolor at left: "HOMER ‘89" Verso: in pencil, "HOMER 1889" and miscellaneous notations
Provenance1890, with Reichard and Company, New York. By 1893, Thomas B. Clarke (b. 1848 - d. 1931), New York; February 14 - 18, 1899, Clarke sale, American Art Association, New York, lot 203, for $175 to Daniel A. Davis, New York; by descent to F. Hamilton Davis, New York. 1918, with M. Knoedler and Company, New York. 1918, J. D. Batchelder, New York. 1920, Dr. Thomas L. Bennett, New York. By 1923, Frank K. M. Rehn Galleries, New York; 1923, sold by Rehn Galleries to John Taylor Spaulding (b. 1870 - d. 1948), Boston; 1948, bequest of Spaulding to the MFA. (Accession Date: June 3, 1948)