Loading

Boy on a Swing

Winslow Homer1879

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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.

Show lessRead more
  • 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

Get the app

Explore museums and play with Art Transfer, Pocket Galleries, Art Selfie, and more

Home
Discover
Play
Nearby
Favorites