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accession number: 1944.524
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The Brierwood Pipe, 1864. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Oil on canvas; framed: 68.9 x 64.1 x 9.2 cm (27 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.); unframed: 42.8 x 37.5 cm (16 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.); former: 69 x 64 x 8 cm (27 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1944.524
title: The Brierwood Pipe
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creation date: 1864
creation date earliest: 1864
creation date latest: 1864
current location: 207 American Realism
creditline: Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
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culture: America, 19th century
technique: oil on canvas
department: American Painting and Sculpture
collection: American - Painting
type: Painting
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CREATORS
* Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910) - artist
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measurements: Framed: 68.9 x 64.1 x 9.2 cm (27 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 42.8 x 37.5 cm (16 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.); Former: 69 x 64 x 8 cm (27 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
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inscription: signed lower left: Homer 64
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS
title: Exhibition of the Month: Atmospheric Depth in Painting
opening date: 1947-02-10T05:00:00
Exhibition of the Month: Atmospheric Depth in Painting. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 10-March 31, 1947).
title: 35th Anniversary Exhibition
opening date: 1951-06-20T04:00:00
35th Anniversary Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 20-September 30, 1951).
title: The Civil War: The Artists' Record
opening date: 1961-11-18T05:00:00
The Civil War: The Artists' Record. Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC (organizer) (November 18-December 31, 1961); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (February 1-March 4, 1962).
title: Winslow Homer: Portrait of America
opening date: 1965-11-10T05:00:00
Winslow Homer: Portrait of America. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (November 10, 1965-May 16, 1966).
title: Winslow Homer
opening date: 1995-10-15T04:00:00
Winslow Homer. National Gallery of Art, Landover, MD (organizer) (October 15, 1995-January 28, 1996); Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Boston, MA (February 21-May 26, 1996).
title: The Civil War and American Art
opening date: 2012-11-16T00:00:00
The Civil War and American Art. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC (organizer) (November 16, 2012-April 27, 2013); The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY (May 21-September 2, 2013).
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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS
* {'description': "New York, Dodworth's Studio Building, Fourth Artists' Reception (before 25 March 1864); see Winslow Homer: The Paintings of the Civil War p. 21.", 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'New York, National Academy of Design, Thirty-ninth Annual Exhibition (April, 1864), no. 140, listed p. 451.', 'opening_date': None}
* {'description': 'Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Winslow Homer (16 November-17 December 1944), no. 2.', 'opening_date': '1944-11-16T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Oxford, OH, Miami University, Sesquicentennial Celebration (15 May-15 June 1959).', 'opening_date': '1959-05-15T00:00:00'}
* {'description': "Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Civil War: The Artists' Record (18 November-31 December 1961); traveled to Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts (1 February-4 March 1962); pp. 63-64, illus. no. 46, p. 66.", 'opening_date': '1961-11-18T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'San Fransisco, The Fine Arts Museum of San Fransisco, Winslow Homer: Paintings of the Civil War (2 July-18 September 1988); traveled to Portland, Portland Museum of Art (8 October-18 December 1988); cat. no. 8, fig. 8.1, pp. 166-172; also included references to CMA painting pp. 21, 72-73, 111-112, 115, 119, 161, 195-196, 208-215, 236.', 'opening_date': '1988-07-02T00:00:00'}
* {'description': 'Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer (15 October 1995-28 January 1996); traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (21 February-26 May 1996); New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (20 June-22 September 1996); illus. no. 3, pg. 43.', 'opening_date': '1996-02-21T00:00:00'}
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PROVENANCE
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Ohio
date: 1944-
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Mrs. Z. Boylston Adams (Helen Foster), Brookline, MA, sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art
date: Probably 1940-1944
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Zabdiel Boylston Adams [1875-1940], Brookline, MA, to his wife, Mrs. Z. Boylston Adams1
date: 1915 - probably 1940
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1The exact mode of transfer and date of this painting from Mr. to Mrs. Boylston Adams are unknown, but she likely received it upon his death in 1940.
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Annie Adams Fields (Mrs. James T. Fields) [1834-1915], Boston, MA, by bequest to her nephew, Zabdiel Boylston Adams
date: 1881-1915
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James Thomas Fields [1817-1881], Boston, MA
date: -1881
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RELATED WORKS
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CITATIONS
Marr, Timothy. "The American Zouave." Military Images 34, no. 4. 22-29
page number: Reproduced: 22-23, 27.
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Goodrich, Lloyd, and Abigail Booth Gerdts. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. 2005.
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Downes, William Howe. The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. Boston: Houghton Mifflin Co, 1911.
page number: Mentioned: P. 51
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Cox, Kenyon. Winslow Homer. New York: Privately printed, 1914.
page number: Mentioned: P. 18
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Burchfield, Louise H. “Paintings by Winslow Homer.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 33, no. 9 (November 1946): 165–71.
page number: Mentioned: P. 166; Reproduced: P. 168
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25141315
The Cleveland Museum of Art. The Cleveland Museum of Art Handbook. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1958.
page number: Mentioned and Reproduced: cat. no. 543
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1958/page/n101
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
page number: Reproduced: p. 187
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1966/page/n211
The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
page number: Reproduced: p. 187
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1969/page/n211
Adams, Celeste, Rita Myers, and Adele Z. Silver. An Introduction to American Art in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1972.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 10-13
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“A Check List. American Paintings and Water Colors of the Eighteenth, Nineteenth, and Early Twentieth Centuries in the Cleveland Museum of Art.” The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 60, no. 1 (January 1973): 21–35.
page number: Mentioned: P. 28, no. 88
url: http://www.jstor.org/stable/25152465
Williams, Hermann Warner. Mirror to the American Past; A Survey of American Genre Painting: 1750-1900. Greenwich, Conn: New York Graphic Society, 1973.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 182-183, no. 176
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Grossman, Julian. Echo of a Distant Drum: Winslow Homer and the Civil War. New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1974.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 112-113
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The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.
page number: Reproduced: p. 231
url: https://archive.org/details/CMAHandbook1978/page/n251
Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York: Harry N. Abrams,1979.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 318, no. CL-555
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Ledes, Allison Eckardt. "Current and Coming: Winslow Homer and the Civil War." The Magazine Antiques 134 (August 1988): 216-230.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 216
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Cikovsky, Nicolai. " Winslow Homer's Unfinished Business." In American Art Around 1900: Lectures in Memory of Daniel Fraad, Doreen Bolger, and Nicolai Cikovsky, eds., 93-117. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1990.
page number: Mentioned: P. 98, fig. 12; Reproduced: P. 100, fig.12
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Cikovsky, Nicolai. Winslow Homer. New York: Abrams,1990.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 20-21
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Jennings, Kate F. Winslow Homer. New York, N.Y.: Crescent Books, 1990.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 19-20
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Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, Ohio: The Museum, 1991.
page number: Reproduced: P. 130
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Cikovsky, Nicolai. Winslow Homer. [New York, N.Y.]: [Rizzoli], 1992.
page number: Reproduced: Pl. 1
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Sears, Stephen W. The Civil War: A Treasury of Art and Literature. New York: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1992.
page number: Reproduced: P. 145, pl. 40
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Cikovsky, Nicolai. "Winslow Homer." Portraits: The Lives and Works of Eminent Artists 1, no.6.
page number: Reproduced: Cover
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Cleveland Museum of Art, and Alan Chong. European & American Painting in the Cleveland Museum of Art: A Summary Catalogue. Cleveland, Ohio: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1993.
page number: Reproduced: P. 106
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Cikovsky, Nicolai. "The School of War." In Winslow Homer, Nicolai Cikovsky and Franklin Kelly, 17-60. Washington: National Gallery of Art; New Haven: Yale University Press,1995.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 42-43, no. 3
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Conrads, Margaret C. Winslow Homer and the Critics: Forging a National Art in the 1870s. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press in association with the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, 2001.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 14, fig. 4
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Mitchell, Mark D. Francis A. Silva (1835-1886): In His Own Light. New York, N.Y.: Berry-Hill Galleries, 2002.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 22, fig. 7
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Jennings, Kate F. Winslow Homer. North Dighton, Mass: JG Press/World Publications Group, 2004.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 19-20
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Adams, Henry. What's American About American Art?: A Gallery Tour in the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2008.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 96-97
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Stebbins, Theodore E. American Paintings at Harvard. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard Art Museums; New Haven: Yale University Press, 2008.
page number: Mentioned: Vol. II, P. 148
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"Welcome Back." Cleveland Art: Cleveland Museum of Art Members Magazine 48, no. 5 (May/June 2008): 5-6.
page number: Mentioned: P. 6
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Harvey, Eleanor Jones. The Civil War and American Art. Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian American Art Museum; New Haven, Connecticut: in association with Yale University Press, 2012.
page number: Mentioned and reproduced: P. 154-155, no. 53
url:
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