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Provenance

M. Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired by 1932) Horace D. Chapin, Boston (acquired from the above in 1932) M. Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired from the above in 1934) Sargent F. Collier, Boston (acquired from the above in 1939) M. Knoedler & Co., New York Valentine Gallery, New York Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 9 April 1947, lot 6 (consigned by the above) Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Wildenstein & Co., New York Harry Golding (acquired after 1952) Christie's, London, 30 November 1976, lot 14 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) Paul Magriel, New York (acquired from the above in 1977) Private Collection, New England (acquired from the above in 1978) Christie's, New York, 23 May 2001, lot 6 (consigned by the above) Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) Acquired from the above in October 2001 by the present owner

Exhibited

Boston, Institute of Modern Art and San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer , 1941, no. d-10/11 New York, Wildenstein & Co., Winslow Homer: Watercolors and Drawings , 1948, no. 4 New York, Wildenstein & Co. ; Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center; San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; San Antonio, Witte Memorial Museum; Denver Art Museum; Washington, Takoma Art League and Seattle Art Museum, Winslow Homer 1836-1910. Eastman Johnson 1824-1906 , 1949, no. 17 Houston, Allied Arts Association Annual Art Festival, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910 , 1952, no. 30

Literature

Lloyd Goodrich & Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877-1881 , vol. III, New York, 2008, no. 701, p. 133, illustrated

Catalog summary

Property from the Collection of Ambassador J. William Middendorf II, Rhode Island Winslow Homer 1836 - 1910 The Shepherdess signed Homer and dated 1878 (lower left) charcoal and gouache on paper laid down on board 9 ⅝ by 13 ½ in. 24.4 by 34.3 cm. Executed in 1878. Provenance M. Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired by 1932) Horace D. Chapin, Boston (acquired from the above in 1932) M. Knoedler & Co., New York (acquired from the above in 1934) Sargent F. Collier, Boston (acquired from the above in 1939) M. Knoedler & Co., New York Valentine Gallery, New York Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 9 April 1947, lot 6 (consigned by the above) Private Collection (acquired at the above sale) Wildenstein & Co., New York Harry Golding (acquired after 1952) Christie's, London, 30 November 1976, lot 14 Hirschl & Adler Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) Paul Magriel, New York (acquired from the above in 1977) Private Collection, New England (acquired from the above in 1978) Christie's, New York, 23 May 2001, lot 6 (consigned by the above) Hollis Taggart Galleries, New York (acquired at the above sale) Acquired from the above in October 2001 by the present owner Exhibited Boston, Institute of Modern Art and San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer , 1941, no. d-10/11 New York, Wildenstein & Co., Winslow Homer: Watercolors and Drawings , 1948, no. 4 New York, Wildenstein & Co. ; Los Angeles County Museum of History, Science and Art; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma Art Center; San Diego, Fine Arts Gallery; Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; San Antonio, Witte Memorial Museum; Denver Art Museum; Washington, Takoma Art League and Seattle Art Museum, Winslow Homer 1836-1910. Eastman Johnson 1824-1906 , 1949, no. 17 Houston, Allied Arts Association Annual Art Festival, Paintings, Watercolors and Drawings by Winslow Homer, 1836-1910 , 1952, no. 30 Literature Lloyd Goodrich & Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877-1881 , vol. III, New York, 2008, no. 701, p. 133, illustrated