Dad's Coming!

Winslow Homer1873

Details

Title: Dad's Coming!
Creator: Winslow Homer
Date Created: 1873
Physical Dimensions: overall: 22.9 x 34.9 cm (9 x 13 3/4 in.) framed: 31.4 x 43.2 x 5.1 cm (12 3/8 x 17 x 2 in.)
Provenance: Joseph Harper, Jr., New York, in at least 1874;[1] to his son, William Harper, New York; to his son, John Harper; by inheritance to his wife, Olive E. Harper [later Mrs. Grismer], Hollywood, California; (Pierre F. Nesi, Beverly Hills), in 1946;[2] (Wildenstein & Co., New York), by at least 1948;[3] purchased January 1954 by Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2001. [1] Harper lent the painting to the National Academy of Design annual exhibition in 1874. [2] The descent in the Harper family, and the Beverly Hills dealer are included in the provenance for the painting in Lloyd Goodrich, edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts, _Record of Works by Winslow Homer_, New York, 2005: 2:no. 476. [3] Wildenstein & Co. lent the painting to a 1948 exhibition at the Brooklyn Museum.
Medium: oil on wood

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