Boy on a Swing

Winslow Homer1879

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
New York, United States

Vertical view of a boy wearing a hat, standing on the seat of a swing hung from the branch of a tree, and holding with his right hand the rope on his right.

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Title: Boy on a Swing
Creator: Winslow Homer
Creator Lifespan: 1836/1910
Date Created: 1879
Physical Dimensions: w214 x h260 cm
Type: Drawing
Rights: Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.
Medium: Graphite on paper
Signed: Signed with initial and dated in graphite, at lower left: H - 79
Paper Support: Paper
Exhibitions: Syracuese, NY - Syracuse University, Lowe Art Gallery, "Winslow Homer Drawings 18875-1885: Houghton Farm to Prout's Neck," January 28, 1979 - February 25, 1979.London, UK - Victoria and Albert Museum, "Winslow Homer 1836-1910," November 27, 1974 - January 19, 1975.Columbia, SC - Columbia Museum of Art, "Winslow Homer," March 15, 1975 - April 19, 1974; Savannah, GA - Gelfair Academy of Arts & Sciences, In. April 25, 1974 - May 26, 1974.New York, NY - Wildenstein & Co. Gallery, "Winslow Homer," May 3, 1972 - June 3, 1972.
Dimensions: Sheet: 26 x 21.4 cm (10 1/4 x 8 7/16 in.)
Bibliography: Ketchum, Richard M. "New England Summer," in American Heritae, Vol. VIII, No. 5, August 1957, p. 47.Wilmerding, John R. and Elaine Evans Dee. Winslow Homer: 1836-1910 (Washington, DC: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1972), no. 46 (illus.).

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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