Going Berrying
Winslow Homer
(American, 1836–1910)
1879
Medium/TechniqueBlack chalk and opaque white watercolor on buff paper
DimensionsSheet: 21.2 × 33.7 cm (8 3/8 × 13 1/4 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick
Accession number68.573
ClassificationsDrawings
InscriptionsSigned and dated in white watercolor l.l.: "HOMER / 1879". Watermark: "Saint Mars"ProvenanceProbably Wm Butters & Co., Chicago, auction 7-10 Dec. 1879 ("Original Water Colors and Charcoal Sketches from Nature by Winslow Homer N.A.) to Mrs. Wirt Dexter; by descent to her daughter, Katharine Dexter McCormick (b. about 1875 - d. 1967), Santa Barbara, CA and Boston; 1968, bequest of Katharine Dexter McCormick to the MFA. (Accession Date: September 11, 1968)