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WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)

Lot 419
23.01.2026 00:00UTC +00:00
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ID 1540480
Lot 419 | WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)
Estimate value
$ 400 000 – 600 000
WINSLOW HOMER (1836-1910)
The Flock of Sheep, Houghton Farm
signed and dated 'Homer 1878' (lower right)
watercolor, gouache and pencil on paper
8 ¾ x 11 ¼ in. (22.2 x 28.6 cm.)
Executed in 1878.




Provenance

Lucy Houghton Valentine, 1878.
Private collection, by descent from the above.
Davis & Langdale, 1975.
Meredith Long & Co., Houston, Texas, circa 1977.
Private collection, Houston, Texas, (probably) acquired from the above.
Christie's, New York, 4 December 1987, lot 63, sold by the above.
Berry-Hill Galleries, Inc., New York, acquired from the above.
Acquired by the late owner from the above, 1988.



Literature

"Fine Arts. Studio Notes," New York Herald, November 11, 1878.
"Fine Arts. The Watercolor Exhibition," New York Herald, February 17, 1879.
L. Goodrich, A.B. Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 to March 1881, vol. III, New York, 2008, p. 153, no. 728, illustrated.



Exhibited

New York, American Water Color Society, Twelfth Annual Exhibition, February 3-March 1, 1879, no. 129 (as Sketch).
Brooklyn, New York, Museum of the Brooklyn Institute; New York, The Century Association, Water Colors by Winslow Homer, October 16, 1915-January 1916, no. 23.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute; Cleveland, Ohio, Cleveland Museum of Art; Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art; Detroit, Michigan, Detroit Institute of Arts; Minneapolis, Minnesota, Minneapolis Institute of Art; Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Milwaukee Art Institute; St. Louis, Missouri, City Art Museum; Rochester, New York, University of Rochester, Memorial Art Gallery, Winslow Homer & John Singer Sargent: An Exhibition of Water Colors, November 1, 1917-July 7, 1918, no. 4.
New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, Winslow Homer Centenary Exhibition, December 15, 1936-January 18, 1937, no. 43.
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, Carnegie Institute, Centenary Exhibition of Works by Winslow Homer, January 28-March 7, 1937, no. 117.
Mountainville, New York, Storm King Art Center, Winslow Homer in New York State, June 29-August 22, 1963, no. 21.
Tucson, Arizona, University of Arizona, Art Gallery, Yankee Painter: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Watercolors and Graphics by Winslow Homer, October 11-December 1, 1963, no. 16.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer Watercolors, March 2-May 11, 1986, no. 40.
Washington, D.C. National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer, October 15, 1995-January 28, 1996, no. 89.
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