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Bear and Canoe

Artist: Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910
Medium: Watercolor with touches of gum varnish over graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper
Dates: 1895
Dimensions: 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8cm) Frame: 23 7/8 x 30 x 1 1/4 in. (60.6 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm)
Signature: Signed and dated lower left: "Homer 1895"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is not on view
Accession Number: 11.541
Credit Line: Museum Collection Fund and Special Subscription
Image: Overall, 11.541_cropped_SL1.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

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