Winslow Homer, The Watermelon Boys
Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr. · Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, Smithsonian Open Access (CC0)View original →
Winslow Homer

The Watermelon Boys

1876

Current Collection

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

New York, United States

Medium
Brush and oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
61.3 × 96.8 cm
Status
In Museum Collection
Collect24 Art ID
C24-119960

Horizon. rectangle. Field: in foreground two negro boys and one white boy, eating slices cut from a watermelon that lies before them. On right, receding, a broad fence. Blue range of hills across background.

Provenance

Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.

Registry history

  • 1876 — Recorded in the collection of Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

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