Dated Web objects 1880-1919

Winslow Homer

Date: 1884

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1996.8

Text Entries: Goodrich, Lloyd. <i>The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer</i>. (exh. cat., Museum of Graphic Art, New York). Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institute Press, 1968. No. 91, pp. 32–33.<br><br> Howe, Katherine S., ed. <i>Winslow Homer Graphics: From the Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics</i>. Houston, Texas: The Museum of Fine Arts, 1977. E2, p. 45.<br><br> Engel, Charlene. "'For Those in Peril on the Sea:' The Intaglio Prints of Winslow Homer." <i>Print Review</i> 20 (1985): 23–40 (particularly see pp. 28–31 about <i>The Life Line</i>).<br><br> Cikovsky, Jr., Nicolai and Franklin Kelly. <i>Winslow Homer</i>. (exh. cat., National Gallery of Art). Washington, D.C.: National Gallery of Art, 1995. No. 132, pp. 184–85, 223–25.<br><br> <i>The Life Line</i>, Winslow Homer. Collection Cameo sheet, Terra Museum of American Art, Chicago, Illinois, October 1998. Ill. (black & white) [specific reference to Terra print].<br><br> Cartwright, Derrick R. <i>Waves and Waterways: American Perspectives, 1850–1900</i>. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2000. Text pp. 20, 27 (checklist); fig. 14, p. 20 (black & white) [specific reference to Terra print].<br><br> Cartwright, Derrick R. <i>Rivières et rivages: les artistes américains, 1850–1900</i>. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for the Arts, 2000. Text pp. 20, 27 (checklist); fig. 14, p. 20 (black & white) [specific reference to Terra print].<br><br> Lévy, Sophie, ed. <i>Winslow Homer: Poet of the Sea</i>. (exh. cat., Musée d'Art Américain Giverny and the Dulwich Picture Gallery). Chicago, Illinois: Terra Foundation for American Art, 2006. Text p. 142 (checklist); ill., p. 98 (color).<br><br> Deneberg, Thomas A., ed. <i>Weatherbeaten: Winslow Homer and Maine</i>. (exh. cat. Portland Museum of Art, Portalnd, Maine. New Haven and London: Yale University Press; Portland, Maine" Portland Museum of Art, 2012. Text, pp. 16, 156 (checklist); ill. fig. 17, p. 16 (color).

Winslow Homer

Date: 1888

Credit Line: Terra Foundation for American Art, Daniel J. Terra Collection

Object number: 1995.38

Text Entries: Winslow Homer's two fisherwomen from the fishing village of Cullercoats stand steadfast and vigilant as they wait for news of their husbands' boats. The rescue house and the group of men looking out to sea serve as a foil for the female figures who, heroic in posture, suggest an air of quiet calm in the presence of possible calamity. The inhabitants of the English village would remain an important subject for Homer and his many depictions of fisherwomen, in everyday tasks such as knitting, often underscore the symbiotic relationships between the fisherwomen and their male counterparts, which relied on an observance of strictly gendered roles.