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Sandy Beach with Breakers

Cooper Hewitt

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Object Details

Artist

Winslow Homer, American, 1836–1910

Description

Horizontal view of seacoast: dark blue ocean with green-blue white-capped breakers rolling from the middleground into a neutral gray-yellow sandy beach with brown tracks and rows at water's edge in the foreground, as a dark blue-gray sky with clouds is seen in the distance.

Credit Line

Gift of Mrs. Charles Savage Homer, Jr.

Date

ca. 1869

Accession Number

1918-20-8

Restrictions & Rights

CC0

Type

seascapes

Object Name

Painting

Type

Painting

Medium

Brush and oil paint on canvas

Dimensions

26 x 55.1 cm (10 1/4 x 21 11/16 in.)

made in

USA

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Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
Drawings, Prints, and Graphic Design Department

Data Source

Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq49b5cca68-0508-403f-bb6d-9d1a30e085f8

Record ID

chndm_1918-20-8

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