Currently not on view
The Trysting Place,
1875
Winslow Homer, 1836–1910; born Boston, MA; died Prouts Neck, ME
L.61
Information
Title
The Trysting Place
Dates
1875
Maker
Medium
Watercolor and gouache over traces of pastel and graphite
Dimensions
30.5 × 20.5 cm (12 × 8 1/16 in.)
mat: 48.9 × 36.2 cm (19 1/4 × 14 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Princeton University Library, Department of Rare Books and Special Collections, Division of Graphic Arts. Gift of the Estate of Laurence Hutton in 1913; on long-term loan to the Princeton University Art Museum
Object Number
L.61
Signatures
Signed and dated in red gouache, lower left: Homer ' 75
Inscription
in graphite, on verso center: Trysting place
in black watercolor, on verso lower left: $50 [in another hand]
Culture
Period
Type
Materials
Techniques
Laurence Hutton; his estate
- F. J. Mather, "American paintings at Princeton University," Record of the Museum of Historic Art, Princeton University 2, no. 2 (1943): p. 2-15., pp. 11-12 (illus.)
- Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Winslow Homer, (New York: H. N. Abrams, 1979)., p. 304; cat. no. CL-373 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., Winslow Homer in the 1870s: Selections from the Valentine-Pulsifer Collection, (Princeton, NJ: The Art Museum, Princeton University, 1990)., fig. 3;p. 56 (illus.)
- John Wilmerding et al., American Art in the Princeton University Art Museum: volume 1: drawings and watercolors, (Princeton: Princeton University Art Museum; New Haven, CT; London: Yale University Press, 2004), p. 135, cat. no. 28; p. 137 (illus.); p. 336, checklist no. 778
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Centennial Exhibition, Philadelphia, May 10, 1876 - November 10, 1876
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Winslow Homer: Centenary Exhibition, December 15, 1936 - January 15, 1937
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Winslow Homer, April 3, 1973 - October 21, 1973
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Winslow Homer Watercolors (National Gallery of Art, March 2- May 11, 1986; Amon Carter Museum, June 6-July 27, 1986; Yale University Art Gallery, September 11-November 2, 1986)
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West to Wesselmann: American Drawings and Watercolors from the Princeton University Art Museum (October 16, 2004–July 23, 2006)
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Encounters: Conflict, Dialogue, Discovery, Princeton University Art Museum (July 14– September 23, 2012)
