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Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Winslow Homer

Breaking Wave

Live auction begins on:

January 24, 05:00 PM GMT

Estimate

50,000 - 70,000 USD

Bid

45,000 USD

Lot Details

Description

Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island

Winslow Homer

1836 - 1910


Breaking Wave

signed Winslow Homer and dated 1883 (lower left)

watercolor and gouache on paper

13 ⅜ by 20 in.

34 by 50.8 cm.

Executed in 1883.

Reichard & Co., New York

Mr. and Mrs. Hector W. Thomas, Croton-on-Hudson, New York (acquired from the above circa 1896)

Philip G. Bartlett, New York (acquired by descent from the above by 1947)

Lysbet Lefferts Bartlett, New York (acquired by descent from the above after 1963)

Phyllis Bartlett, New York (acquired by descent from the above circa 2002)

Susan Savage Gallery, Westchester, Massachusetts

Acquired from the above in March 2012 by the present owner

Maine, Portland Museum of Art, Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine, 2012

Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1883-1889, vol.IV.2, New York, 2012, no. 1209, p. 262, illustrated