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Drawing, Waverly Oaks

This is a Drawing. It was created by Winslow Homer. It is dated 1878 and we acquired it in 1912. Its medium is graphite, brush and gouache on gray-green wove paper. It is a part of the Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design department.

This object was donated by Charles Savage Homer, Jr.. It is credited Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr..

Its dimensions are

14.8 × 20.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.)

It has the following markings

Verso: Stamped in black ink, at lower left: Museum for the Arts of Decoration Cooper Union

It is signed

Signed in graphite, lower right: Homer

It is inscribed

Verso: Inscribed in graphite, at center: Waverly Oaks.; again in black crayon, at left edge: $15 [crossed out in ink]; and in graphite: no 14; $ [10 erased]

Cite this object as

Drawing, Waverly Oaks; Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); USA; graphite, brush and gouache on gray-green wove paper; 14.8 × 20.5 cm (5 13/16 × 8 1/16 in.); Gift of Charles Savage Homer, Jr.; 1912-12-87

This object was previously on display as a part of the exhibition The Cooper-Hewitt Collections: A Design Resource.

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