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On the Way to Market, Bahamas

Winslow Homer

Brooklyn Museum photograph

Object Label

Beginning in 1884, Winslow Homer—one of the most admired U.S. artists of the nineteenth century—made numerous winter visits to tropical locations. Watercolor became his preferred medium while traveling. This light-filled composition is one of at least six depictions Homer completed in 1885 of everyday scenes featuring local market women on the coral streets of the Bahamian capital, Nassau.

Caption

Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). On the Way to Market, Bahamas, 1885. Watercolor over pencil, Sheet: 13 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (35.4 x 51 cm) frame: 24 x 30 x 1 1/4 in. (61 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Gift of Gunnar Maske in memory of Elizabeth Treadway White Maske, 69.50. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)

Gallery

Not on view

Collection

American Art

Title

On the Way to Market, Bahamas

Date

1885

Medium

Watercolor over pencil

Classification

Watercolor

Dimensions

Sheet: 13 15/16 x 20 1/16 in. (35.4 x 51 cm) frame: 24 x 30 x 1 1/4 in. (61 x 76.2 x 3.2 cm)

Signatures

Signed lower right: "Winslow Homer 1885"

Credit Line

Gift of Gunnar Maske in memory of Elizabeth Treadway White Maske

Accession Number

69.50

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Artists and makers

Winslow Homer

281 works in the collection