Spring Blossoms
Winslow Homer
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
In this image, a group of happy city and country dwellers enjoys the benefits of the grafter’s skills in the spectacular blooming tree that now arches protectively above them (and which will later bear further bounty in the form of fruit). The combination of blooms and fragrance induces spring fever; adults meditate in a dreamy state while the children lounge about. Homer participates in this idyllic scene by playfully emblazoning his initials on the sail of a toy boat plying the waters in the trough.
Caption
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Spring Blossoms, 1870. Wood engraving, Image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.3 x 40.3 cm) Frame: 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Harvey Isbitts, 1998.105.149. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Gallery
Not on view
Collection
Artist
Title
Spring Blossoms
Date
1870
Medium
Wood engraving
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/4 x 13 7/8 in. (23.5 x 35.2 cm) Sheet: 11 1/8 x 15 7/8 in. (28.3 x 40.3 cm) Frame: 16 3/4 x 22 3/4 x 1 1/2 in. (42.5 x 57.8 x 3.8 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Harvey Isbitts
Accession Number
1998.105.149
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