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Winslow Homer

American, 1836-1910

Woman and Elephant — Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Woman and Elephant, ca. 1877. Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on smooth, medium-thick, cream wove paper, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.9 x 22.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Mrs. John W. Ames, 1959 (1959:4).

Woman and Elephant — Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Woman and Elephant, ca. 1877. Watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on smooth, medium-thick, cream wove paper, 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.9 x 22.2 cm). Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York; Gift of Mrs. John W. Ames, 1959 (1959:4).

Woman and Elephant, ca. 1877

watercolor and opaque watercolor over graphite on smooth, medium-thick, cream wove paper

sheet: 11 3/4 x 8 3/4 inches (29.845 x 22.225 cm); framed: 18 1/4 x 16 x 1 inches (46.35 x 40.64 x 2.54 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Gift of Mrs. John W. Ames, 1959

1959:4

Inscriptions:

signature / lower right / HOM[ER]

Provenance:

Augusta K. Rogers, Dedham, Massachusetts;
M. Knoedler & Co., New York;
A. C. Goodyear, Buffalo, 1923;
Mrs. John C. Ames, New York;
donated to the Albright Art Gallery, 1959

Object Classifications:

Paintings

Watercolor (painting)

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