Cernay la Ville -- French Farm
1867
oil on panel
frame: 16 13/16 x 23 9/16 in. (42.7 x 59.85 cm)
Winslow Homer
(Boston, MA, USA, 1836 - 1910, Prout's Neck, ME, USA)
CULTURE OR GROUP:
American
OBJECT TYPE:
oil paintings (visual works)
MARKS:
signed and dated b.r.: "HOMER 1867"; in black ink on back: "Cernay la Ville French Farm/ Winslow Homer/ '67"
IMAGE USE:
Open Access Image
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LOCATION:
Lobby
CREDIT LINE:
Gift of Merle J. and Emily N. Trees
OBJECT NUMBER:
1940-1-3
PERMALINK:
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WWII Provenance Project
Provenance:
By 1917, E.C. Babcock (New York); by 1937, Merle J. Trees (Chicago, 1883-1954), probably by purchase from E.C. Babcock Galleries [1]; 1940, University of Illinois, by gift from Merle J. Trees and Emily N. Trees.
Notes:
[1] Exhibitions and publications list E.C. Babcock (Galleries) as the owner of the work through at least 1924: The Arts, Vol. 6, n.4, October 1924, p.188.
Last Updated: 6/3/2021
DIMENSIONS
- primary object, image: 10 9/16 x 18 1/16 in. (26.83 x 45.88 cm)
- frame, frame: 16 13/16 x 23 9/16 in. (42.7 x 59.85 cm)
- framed, frame: 16 13/16 x 18 1/16 in. (42.7 x 45.88 cm)
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Selected bibliographic references:-
Timothy J. Standring, ed.
Whistler to Cassatt.
Whistler to Cassatt
Denver Art Museum in association with Yale UP.
New Haven, 2021
Page Number: 30-31, 215, Figure Number: fig.29