A Light on the Sea, (painting)

Object Details

Notes
"A catalogue of the collection of American paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art; volume 1," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1966, pg. 138.
"Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary," New York, NY: Wildenstein, 1959, pg. 54.
Cash, Sarah, with Terri Sultan, "American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," New York: Abbeville Press, 2000, pg. 111.
Cash, Sarah, ed., "Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Paintings to 1945," Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 181.
National Gallery of Art, collection printout, "Acquisitions from the Collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," 2015.
Image on file.
"A catalogue of the collection of American paintings in the Corcoran Gallery of Art; volume 1," Washington, D.C.: Corcoran Gallery of Art, 1966, pg. 138.
"Masterpieces of the Corcoran Gallery of Art: A Benefit Exhibition in Honor of the Gallery's Centenary," New York, NY: Wildenstein, 1959, pg. 54.
Cash, Sarah, with Terri Sultan, "American Treasures of the Corcoran Gallery of Art," New York: Abbeville Press, 2000, pg. 111.
Cash, Sarah, ed., "Corcoran Gallery of Art, American Paintings to 1945," Washington, DC: Corcoran Gallery of Art in association with Hudson Hills Press, 2011, pg. 180.
(Lower right:) HOMER 1897 signed
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Summary
Coastal waterscape depicting a female figure standing the rocks in the moonlight, her back to the water, and a fishing net draped over her right shoulder.
Data Source
Art Inventories Catalog, Smithsonian American Art Museums
Date
1897
Control number
IAP 08260220
painter
Homer, Winslow 1836-1910
Type
Paintings
Medium
Oil on canvas
Owner/Location
National Gallery of Art Fourth Street & Constitution Avenue, N.W Washington District of Columbia 20565
Title
Moonlight, Wood's Island Light, (painting)
Topic
Landscape--Coast
Figure female--Full length
Landscape--Celestial--Moon
Landscape--Time--Night
Record ID
siris_ari_40292
Usage
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