The Brierwood Pipe
1864
Winslow Homer
Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910)
American Painting and Sculpture
The Brierwood Pipe, 1864. Winslow Homer (American, 1836–1910). Oil on canvas; framed: 68.9 x 64.1 x 9.2 cm (27 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.); unframed: 42.8 x 37.5 cm (16 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.); former: 69 x 64 x 8 cm (27 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund 1944.524 During the Civil War, Homer worked as an artist-reporter for the New York newspaper Harper's Weekly.
- Maker/Artist
- Homer, Winslow
- Classification
- Painting
- Formatted Medium
- oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- Framed: 68.9 x 64.1 x 9.2 cm (27 1/8 x 25 1/4 x 3 5/8 in.); Unframed: 42.8 x 37.5 cm (16 7/8 x 14 3/4 in.); Former: 69 x 64 x 8 cm (27 3/16 x 25 3/16 x 3 1/8 in.)
- Inscribed
- Inscription: signed lower left: Homer 64
- Departments
- American Painting and Sculpture
- Accession Number
- 1944.524
- Credit Line
- Mr. and Mrs. William H. Marlatt Fund
- Exhibitions
- Exhibition of the Month: Atmospheric Depth in Painting, 35th Anniversary Exhibition, The Civil War: The Artists' Record, Winslow Homer: Portrait of America, Winslow Homer, The Civil War and American Art, New York, Dodworth's Studio Building, Fourth Artists' Reception (before 25 March 1864); see Winslow Homer: The Paintings of the Civil War p. 21.<br><br>New York, National Academy of Design, Thirty-ninth Annual Exhibition (April, 1864), no. 140, listed p. 451., Worcester, Worcester Art Museum, Winslow Homer (16 November-17 December 1944), no. 2.<br><br>Oxford, OH, Miami University, Sesquicentennial Celebration (15 May-15 June 1959). <br><br>Washington, D.C., The Corcoran Gallery of Art, The Civil War: The Artists' Record (18 November-31 December 1961); traveled to Boston, The Museum of Fine Arts (1 February-4 March 1962); pp. 63-64, illus. no. 46, p. 66.<br><br>San Fransisco, The Fine Arts Museum of San Fransisco, Winslow Homer: Paintings of the Civil War (2 July-18 September 1988); traveled to Portland, Portland Museum of Art (8 October-18 December 1988); cat. no. 8, fig. 8.1, pp. 166-172; also included references to CMA painting pp. 21, 72-73, 111-112, 115, 119, 161, 195-196, 208-215, 236.<br><br>Washington, D.C., The National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer (15 October 1995-28 January 1996); traveled to Boston, Museum of Fine Arts (21 February-26 May 1996); New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art (20 June-22 September 1996); illus. no. 3, pg. 43.
- Rights Statement
- CC0
- Museum Location
- 207 American Realism
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