Two Figures by the Sea

Two Figures by the Sea

1882
Artist
Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
Born: Boston, MA
Work Locations: Maine
Country
American
Object
painting
Medium
Oil paint on canvas
Accession Number
1935.8
Credit Line
Funds from Helen Dill bequest

Winslow Homer, Two Figures by the Sea, 1882. Oil paint on canvas; 19 ¼ × 34 ¼ in. (48.9 × 87 cm). Funds from Helen Dill bequest, 1935.8

Dimensions
image height: 19.25 in, 48.8950 cm; image width: 34.25 in, 86.995 cm; frame height: 29 3/8 in, 74.6125 cm; frame width: 44 3/8 in, 112.7125 cm; frame depth: 4 1/8 in, 10.4775 cm
Department
European and American Art Before 1900
Collection
American Painting and Sculpture before 1900
Known Provenance
Probably by bequest, Charles Savage Homer, Jr. [1834-1917], brother of the artist, 1910; by bequest, Martha Ellen French Homer [1846-1937]; gift to Roland F. Knoedler [1856-1932], New York City, NY, 1918; Roland Knoedler Estate, 1932 (M. Knoedler & Co., New York); Purchased by the Denver Art Museum, 1935.
Exhibition History
  • "Opening Exhibition"—Santa Barbara Museum of Art, 1941
  • "200 Years of American Painting"—Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, 10/05/1946 - 11/04/1946
  • "A Retrospective Exhibition: Winslow Homer"—National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1958
  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, 1959, no. 48/44.
  • "Yankee Painter", A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Graphics by Winslow Homer—University of Art Gallery, Tucson, Arizona, 10/1963 - 11/1963, No. 42, Illustrated.
  • On loan to the Eastern Washington State Historical Society, 1964
  • On loan to the Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia, 09/1964 - 12/1964
  • "American Marine Painting"—Virginia Museum, 09/1976 - 10/1976
  • "Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea"—Dulwich Picture Gallery, 02/22/2006 - 05/21/2006
  • Musee d'Art Americain Giverny, 06/18/2006 - 09/24/2006
  • "Coming Away: Winslow Homer in England"—Worcester Art Museum, 11/11/2017 - 02/04/2018