Low Tide
Winslow Homer; W. H. Kingdon
Brooklyn Museum photograph
Object Label
Both High Tide and Low Tide, published in Boston’s short-lived weekly Every Saturday in August 1870, are illustrations after Homer’s oil paintings. High Tide is now known as Eagle Head, Manchester, Massachusetts, 1870 (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York). Disheartened by the critical reception of these works, Homer apparently destroyed the painting of Low Tide. When the owner of High Tide approached Homer to buy the companion painting, he was told that the picture had been painted out and the canvas reused for another work.
Caption
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910); W. H. Kingdon. Low Tide, 1870. Wood engraving, Image: 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (23.5 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (27.6 x 36.5 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, 1998.105.153. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
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Collection
Gallery
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Collection
Artist
Engraver
Title
Low Tide
Date
1870
Medium
Wood engraving
Classification
Dimensions
Image: 9 1/4 x 12 1/8 in. (23.5 x 30.8 cm) Sheet: 10 7/8 x 14 3/8 in. (27.6 x 36.5 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
1998.105.153
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