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"description": "Winslow Homer. Whitney Museum of American Art (organizer) (April 3- June 3, 1973); Los Angeles County Museum of Art (July 3- August 15, 1973); The Art Institute of Chicago (September 8- October 21, 1973).",
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"description": "Thirty-two Watercolors Conceived in the Adirondacks. Reichard & Co, New York (February, 1890).",
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"did_you_know": "Noted for his technical variety in watercolors, Homer used a technique called scraping\u2014removing softened paint and paper fibers by taking a blunt or sharp object to the paper\u2019s wet surface\u2014to produce the pond\u2019s two glistening white highlights.",
"description": "In 1886, Winslow Homer began to produce oil paintings and watercolors of subjects in the Adirondack Mountains, where he and his brother Charles had fished and hunted since the 1870s. In Leaping Trout, a silvery trout propels itself from the water in pursuit of a hapless insect or a fisherman\u2019s fly. Homer\u2019s choice to adopt the fish\u2019s perspective, rather than a fisherman\u2019s, is quite unconventional and heightens the drama and immediacy of the scene. His technique, influenced by the free brushwork of French Impressionism, similarly animates his still-life subject. Luminous washes of transparent blue and grey watercolor suggest the fish\u2019s iridescent skin, while opaque pricks of bright red on its body lend a decorative effect reminiscent of Japanese prints. On the water\u2019s surface, Homer uses scraping to create two brilliant white highlights, and dry brushing to produce the impression of a reflective surface. Although the overall effect is mysterious and dreamlike, the color and movement of the fish is carefully studied, suggesting Homer\u2019s desire to appeal to the sportsmen who might buy his works.",
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"citation": "Cleveland Museum of Art. Catalogue of an Exhibition of American Painting from 1860 Until Today. Cleveland, OH: Printed by the Artcraft Printing Co., 1937.",
"page_number": "Mentioned: no. 92, p. 26",
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"page_number": "Mentioned: p. 139, no. 119",
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"citation": "\"Annual Report for 1973.\" The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 61, no. 6 (1974): 179-213.",
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"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 52, p. 74, no. 36",
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"citation": "Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York: Harry N. Abram, 1979.",
"page_number": "Reproduced: Plate CL-561, p. 318",
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"citation": "Cooper, Helen A. Winslow Homer Watercolors. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1986.",
"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: no. 154, p. 166, p. 252",
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"citation": "The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1991. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1991.",
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"citation": "Cikovsky, Nicolai. Winslow Homer Watercolors. Southport, Conn.: Hugh Lauter Levin Associates, 1991.",
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"page_number": "Mentioned and Reproduced: p. 488, no. 1418.",
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"citation": "Griffin, Randall C. Winslow Homer: An American Vision. New York: Phaidon Press, Inc., 2006.",
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"citation": "Tedeschi, Martha, Kristi Dahm, Judith Walsh, and Karen Huang. Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light. Chicago: Art Institute of Chicago, 2008.",
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