Bear and Canoe

Winslow Homer

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Caption

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Bear and Canoe, 1895. Watercolor with touches of gum varnish over graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper, 14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm) frame: 23 7/8 x 30 x 1 1/4 in. (60.6 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Museum Collection Fund and Special Subscription, 11.541. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

Bear and Canoe

Date

1895

Medium

Watercolor with touches of gum varnish over graphite on cream, moderately thick, moderately textured wove paper

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

14 x 20 in. (35.6 x 50.8 cm) frame: 23 7/8 x 30 x 1 1/4 in. (60.6 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed and dated lower left: "Homer 1895"

Credit Line

Museum Collection Fund and Special Subscription

Accession Number

11.541

Have information?

Have information about an artwork? Contact us at

bkmcollections@brooklynmuseum.org.