id:			153394
accession number:	1986.79
share license status:	CC0
url:			https://clevelandart.org/art/1986.79
updated:		2025-05-08 11:22:02.954000

Spearing Eels, late 1800s. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Watercolor over graphite; sheet: 38.5 x 55.3 cm (15 3/16 x 21 3/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Anonymous gift in memory of Mr. Dudley S. Blossom Jr. 1986.79

title:				Spearing Eels
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creation date:			late 1800s
creation date earliest:		1880
creation date latest:		1900
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creditline:			Anonymous gift in memory of Mr. Dudley S. Blossom Jr.
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culture:	America
technique:	watercolor over graphite
department:	Drawings
collection:	DR - American 19th Century
type:		Drawing
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CREATORS

* Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)  - artist

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measurements: Sheet: 38.5 x 55.3 cm (15 3/16 x 21 3/4 in.)
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	inscription:	lr: Winslow Homer; rev: Scarboro, Maine, 2 miles from Prout's Neck, Tom Lee spearing eels
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CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

	title:		Year in Review for 1986
	opening date:   1987-02-04T05:00:00
	<i>Year in Review for 1986</i>. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 4-March 15, 1987).

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LEGACY EXHIBITIONS

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PROVENANCE

	Mrs. Dudley S. Blossom, Jr. [1913-1991], Cleveland, OH, given to The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: ?–1986
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	The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
	date: November 19, 1986–
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RELATED WORKS

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CITATIONS

	Turner, Evan H. “The Year in Review for 1986.” <em>The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art</em> 74, no. 2 (1987).
	page number: 	p. 70, no. 149
	url:		http://www.jstor.org/stable/25159974

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IMAGES

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