Keywords: Winslow Homer - Home, Sweet Home - Google Art Project.jpg Google Art Project Q20188636 Creator Winslow Homer ~ 1863 cm 54 6 41 9 not on view Possibly Samuel Putnam Avery New York possibly 1863 to 1867;<ref>The painting was marked for sale in the catalogue of the 1863 National Academy of Design exhibition According to The Lounger The National Academy of Design Harper's Weekly 7 no 331 2 May 1863 274 the painting was labeled sold by the second day of the exhibition The buyer was possibly Avery See also Lloyd Goodrich edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts Record of Works by Winslow Homer New York 2005 1 no 189 </ref> his sale Leeds Art Galleries New York 4-5 February 1867 2nd day no 59 ;<ref>The first day of the Avery sale auctioned the private collection of oil paintings by American artists made during the last fifteen years Home Sweet Home was sold on the second day and appears in the Catalogue of oil paintings being the balance of the stock consigned to S P Avery Avery seems to have owned the painting only in order to sell it; it was not part of his personal collection </ref> Mrs Alexander H Shephard or Shepherd New York;<ref>The name is spelled Shepherd in the 1984 Sotheby's sale catalogue and Shephard in the 1997 Christie's sale catalogue </ref> Howard Young Galleries New York ; M Knoedler Co New York in 1918 <ref>According to Judd Tully and Jo Ann Lewis National Gallery Buys Rare Homer The Washington Post 20 June 1997 C1 C4 the painting had its first recorded gallery sale in 1918 when it sold for 350 at M Knoedler Co in New York </ref> George M L LaBranche New York by c 1920 certainly by 1944 until at least 1950 <ref>Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the c 1920 date La Branche lent the painting to exhibitions at both the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Worcester Art Museum in 1944 and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1950 </ref> M Knoedler Co New York in 1954 <ref>Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 include Knoedler's ownership in 1954 </ref> Mr and Mrs Nathan Shaye Detroit by 1957;<ref>Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the 1957 date for the beginning of the Shaye's ownership; they lent the painting to several exhibitions the first in 1958 </ref> sale Sotheby's New York 30 May 1984 no 19 bought in ; consigned 29 August 1984 to Hirschl Adler Galleries New York ; sold 1 February 1985 to private collection; sale Christie Manson Woods New York 5 June 1997 no 12 ; purchased by Hirschl Adler Galleries New York for NGA <ref>The full provenance was based on the catalogue entry in Marc Simpson Winslow Home Paintings of the Civil War exh cat The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1988 142-147 and expanded with information from the NGA curator's acquisition proposal a 17 June 1997 letter from Stuart Feld both in NGA curatorial files and sources referred to in previous notes </ref> reflist Patrons' Permanent Fund Massachusetts Boston 1836 Maine Prout's Neck 1910 Winslow male 716708 Homer American 1836 - 1910 /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/artwork/home-sweet-home-winslow-homer/27441423/ 79933 Winslow Homer painter /artist/winslow-homer/4130116/ 4130116 /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/ National Gallery of Art Washington DC 507112 http //www nga gov/ 8/13/2012 2 05 53 PM /collection/national-gallery-of-art-washington-dc/artwork/home-sweet-home-winslow-homer/27441423/ 1863 American United States Civil War oil on canvas Possibly Samuel Putnam Avery New York possibly 1863 to 1867;1 his sale Leeds Art Galleries New York 4-5 February 1867 2nd day no 59 ;2 Mrs Alexander H Shephard or Shepherd New York;3 Howard Young Galleries New York ; M Knoedler Co New York in 1918 4 George M L LaBranche New York by c 1920 certainly by 1944 until at least 1950 5 M Knoedler Co New York in 1954 6 Mr and Mrs Nathan Shaye Detroit by 1957;7 sale Sotheby's New York 30 May 1984 no 19 bought in ; consigned 29 August 1984 to Hirschl Adler Galleries New York ; sold 1 February 1985 to private collection; sale Christie Manson Woods New York 5 June 1997 no 12 ; purchased by Hirschl Adler Galleries New York for NGA 8 <br/><br/> 1 The painting was marked for sale in the catalogue of the 1863 National Academy of Design exhibition According to The Lounger The National Academy of Design <i>Harper's Weekly</i> 7 no 331 2 May 1863 274 the painting was labeled sold by the second day of the exhibition The buyer was possibly Avery See also Lloyd Goodrich edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts <i>Record of Works by Winslow Homer</i> New York 2005 1 no 189 <br/><br/> 2 The first day of the Avery sale auctioned the private collection of oil paintings by American artists made during the last fifteen years <i>Home Sweet Home</i> was sold on the second day and appears in the Catalogue of oil paintings being the balance of the stock consigned to S P Avery Avery seems to have owned the painting only in order to sell it; it was not part of his personal collection <br/><br/> 3 The name is spelled Shepherd in the 1984 Sotheby's sale catalogue and Shephard in the 1997 Christie's sale catalogue <br/><br/> 4 According to Judd Tully and Jo Ann Lewis National Gallery Buys Rare Homer <i>The Washington Post</i> 20 June 1997 C1 C4 the painting had its first recorded gallery sale in 1918 when it sold for 350 at M Knoedler Co in New York <br/><br/> 5 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the c 1920 date La Branche lent the painting to exhibitions at both the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Worcester Art Museum in 1944 and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1950 <br/><br/> 6 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 include Knoedler's ownership in 1954 <br/><br/> 7 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the 1957 date for the beginning of the Shaye's ownership; they lent the painting to several exhibitions the first in 1958 <br/><br/> 8 The full provenance was based on the catalogue entry in Marc Simpson <i>Winslow Home Paintings of the Civil War</i> exh cat The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1988 142-147 and expanded with information from the NGA curator's acquisition proposal a 17 June 1997 letter from Stuart Feld both in NGA curatorial files and sources referred to in previous notes 54 6 27441423 False 1863 c 1863 overall 8/20/2012 7 34 38 PM 1997 72 1 http //www nga gov/fcgi-bin/timage_f object 79933 National Gallery of Art Washington DC Patrons' Permanent Fund Painting 1860 1870 w41 x h54 cm c 1863 False 0 755859375 Object home-sweet-home-winslow-homer Home Sweet Home h 41 9 oil on canvas Possibly Samuel Putnam Avery New York possibly 1863 to 1867;1 his sale Leeds Art Galleries New York 4-5 February 1867 2nd day no 59 ;2 Mrs Alexander H Shephard or Shepherd New York;3 Howard Young Galleries New York ; M Knoedler Co New York in 1918 4 George M L LaBranche New York by c 1920 certainly by 1944 until at least 1950 5 M Knoedler Co New York in 1954 6 Mr and Mrs Nathan Shaye Detroit by 1957;7 sale Sotheby's New York 30 May 1984 no 19 bought in ; consigned 29 August 1984 to Hirschl Adler Galleries New York ; sold 1 February 1985 to private collection; sale Christie Manson Woods New York 5 June 1997 no 12 ; purchased by Hirschl Adler Galleries New York for NGA 8<br/><br/> 1 The painting was marked for sale in the catalogue of the 1863 National Academy of Design exhibition According to The Lounger The National Academy of Design <i>Harper's Weekly</i> 7 no 331 2 May 1863 274 the painting was labeled sold by the second day of the exhibition The buyer was possibly Avery See also Lloyd Goodrich edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts <i>Record of Works by Winslow Homer</i> New York 2005 1 no 189 <br/><br/> 2 The first day of the Avery sale auctioned the private collection of oil paintings by American artists made during the last fifteen years <i>Home Sweet Home</i> was sold on the second day and appears in the Catalogue of oil paintings being the balance of the stock consigned to S P Avery Avery seems to have owned the painting only in order to sell it; it was not part of his personal collection <br/><br/> 3 The name is spelled Shepherd in the 1984 Sotheby's sale catalogue and Shephard in the 1997 Christie's sale catalogue <br/><br/> 4 According to Judd Tully and Jo Ann Lewis National Gallery Buys Rare Homer <i>The Washington Post</i> 20 June 1997 C1 C4 the painting had its first recorded gallery sale in 1918 when it sold for 350 at M Knoedler Co in New York <br/><br/> 5 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the c 1920 date La Branche lent the painting to exhibitions at both the Whitney Museum of American Art and the Worcester Art Museum in 1944 and the Corcoran Gallery of Art in 1950 <br/><br/> 6 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 include Knoedler's ownership in 1954 <br/><br/> 7 Goodrich and Gerdts 2005 give the 1957 date for the beginning of the Shaye's ownership; they lent the painting to several exhibitions the first in 1958 <br/><br/> 8 The full provenance was based on the catalogue entry in Marc Simpson <i>Winslow Home Paintings of the Civil War</i> exh cat The Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco 1988 142-147 and expanded with information from the NGA curator's acquisition proposal a 17 June 1997 letter from Stuart Feld both in NGA curatorial files and sources referred to in previous notes American United States Civil War special url_id RwErgtlB6qAFTg PD-old-100-1923 1910 Google Art Project works by Winslow Homer Oil paintings by Winslow Homer Paintings by Winslow Homer in the National Gallery of Art 1860s paintings by Winslow Homer Paintings of the American Civil War Soldiers in art Military life |