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"description": "Homer created some of the most luminous and influential watercolors in the history of the medium. A Fisherman\u2019s Daughter, painted in Gloucester, Massachusetts, is among a group of works that represent his first sustained use of the medium. Here, three girls sit on the shore of a sunlit beach and play with a lobster. Their downcast eyes suggest a solemn tranquility to their activity. The life of the local fishermen was perilous; they often spent weeks away from home and were sometimes lost at sea. Thus, waiting was a central part of life for Gloucester families. An overturned boat on the dunes behind the figures evokes the ominous form of a coffin.",
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"citation": "Burchfield, Louise H. \u201cAn Early Water Color by Winslow Homer.\u201d The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 31, no. 7 (September 1944): 141\u2013142, 145.
Published as: Girls with Lobster",
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"url": "http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141147"
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2014.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and reproduced: P. 165",
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"citation": "Glaubinger, Jane and Lemonedes, Heather. \u201cTreasures on Paper: The Cr\u00e8me de la cr\u00e8me of the museum\u2019s prints and drawings collection is now on view.\u201d Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 54, no. 2 (March/April 2014): 6-9.",
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