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Provenance

Joseph S. Bigelow, Boston, Massachusetts, probably by 1882 Mary Bryant Bigelow (Mrs. Joseph S. Bigelow), Cohasset, Massachusetts (by descent) [with]Doll & Richards, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1934 John S. Ames, Boston, Massachusetts, 1934 Mrs. John S. Ames, North Easton, Massachuetts, 1959 (by descent) Rebecca S. Ames Thompson (Mrs. Peter Thompson), Easton, Maryland (gift from the above) [with]Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York Ivor and Anne Massey, Richmond, Virginia, 1972 (sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1997, lot 14) Acquired by the present owner at the above sale

Exhibited

Boston, Massachusetts, J. Eastman Chase, Watercolors, February 1882 Boston, Massachusetts, Copley Society, Paintings in Water Color by Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Dodge MacKnight , March 1921, no. 11 Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Works by Winslow Homer and John La Farge , June-August 1936 Washington, D.C, National Gallery of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition , November 1985-May 1959, no. 107 (New York) and no. 97 (Boston) New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Winslow Homer , April-October 1973, no. 97 Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winslow Homer , October 1995-September 1996, no. 109, illustrated

Literature

A.T.E. Gardner, Winslow Homer, American Artist: His World and His Work , New York, 1961, p. 64, illustrated Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1882 Through 1882 , vol. IV.2, New York, 2008, no. 1062, p. 65, illustrated p. 157

Catalog summary

Property from a Prominent Private Collection Winslow Homer 1836 - 1910 Two Girls on the Beach, Tynemouth signed Winslow Homer and dated 1881 (lower left) watercolor and pencil on paper 14 1/8 by 20 inches (35.9 by 50.8 cm) Provenance Joseph S. Bigelow, Boston, Massachusetts, probably by 1882 Mary Bryant Bigelow (Mrs. Joseph S. Bigelow), Cohasset, Massachusetts (by descent) [with]Doll & Richards, Inc., Boston, Massachusetts, 1934 John S. Ames, Boston, Massachusetts, 1934 Mrs. John S. Ames, North Easton, Massachuetts, 1959 (by descent) Rebecca S. Ames Thompson (Mrs. Peter Thompson), Easton, Maryland (gift from the above) [with]Wildenstein & Co., Inc. New York Ivor and Anne Massey, Richmond, Virginia, 1972 (sold: Christie's, New York, December 4, 1997, lot 14) Acquired by the present owner at the above sale Exhibited Boston, Massachusetts, J. Eastman Chase, Watercolors, February 1882 Boston, Massachusetts, Copley Society, Paintings in Water Color by Winslow Homer, John Singer Sargent, Dodge MacKnight , March 1921, no. 11 Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Exhibition of Works by Winslow Homer and John La Farge , June-August 1936 Washington, D.C, National Gallery of Art; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts, Winslow Homer: A Retrospective Exhibition , November 1985-May 1959, no. 107 (New York) and no. 97 (Boston) New York, Whitney Museum of American Art; Los Angeles, California, Los Angeles County Museum of Art; Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, Winslow Homer , April-October 1973, no. 97 Washington, D.C., National Gallery of Art; Boston, Massachusetts, Museum of Fine Arts; New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Winslow Homer , October 1995-September 1996, no. 109, illustrated Literature A.T.E. Gardner, Winslow Homer, American Artist: His World and His Work , New York, 1961, p. 64, illustrated Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1882 Through 1882 , vol. IV.2, New York, 2008, no. 1062, p. 65, illustrated p. 157