The Water Fan

1. The artist to James W. Young, Chicago, 1907; sold by J.W. Young Galleries, Chicago, to William (1854–1923) and Mary (Mrs. William) Holabird, c. 1908 [according to correspondence from Abigail Booth Gerdts to the Art Institute, February 10, 2007]; by descent to their son, John A. Holabird (1886–1945); by descent to his wife, Dorothy (1897–1988); given to the Art Institute, 1972.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• Chicago, J.W. Young Galleries, "Ten Watercolors by Winslow Homer," opened January 11, 1908, no. 8, no cat.
• Tucson, Ariz., The University of Arizona Art Gallery, "Yankee Painter: A Retrospective Exhibition of Oils, Water Colors, and Graphics by Winslow Homer," October 1–December 1, 1963, pp. 55 and 84, cat. 62 (ill.).
• New York, Whitney Museum of American Art, "Winslow Homer," April 3–June 3, 1973, p. 141, cat. 152, cat. by Lloyd Goodrich; also traveled to the Los Angeles County Museum, July 1–August 15, 1973; and The Art Institute of Chicago, September 8–October 21, 1973.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, "Great Drawings in The Art Institute of Chicago: The Harold Joachim Years 1958–83," July 27–September 22, 1985, pp. 172–73, cat. 79 (ill.), cat. by Martha Tedeschi.
• The Art Institute of Chicago, "Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light," February 16-May 11, 2008, pp. 15, 180, 181 (ill.), 185, 211, cat. by Martha Tedeschi and Kristi Dahm.
• Philadelphia Museum of Art, "American Watercolor in the Age of Homer and Sargent", February 23 - May 14, 2017, pp. 314-316, fig. 265 (ill.), cat. by Kathleen A. Foster.

• Lloyd Goodrich, Winslow Homer (New York, 1959), p. 29, pl. 85.
• Patti Hannaway, Winslow Homer in the Tropics (Richmond, 1973), pp. 236–37, pl. 48.
• Gordon Hendricks, The Life and Work of Winslow Homer (New York, 1979), p. 286, fig. CL–122.
• James N. Wood and Debra N. Mancoff, Treasures from The Art Institute of Chicago (Chicago, 2000), p. 180 (ill).
• Megan Holloway Fort, “Current and coming,” The Magazine Antiques 173: 2 (February 2008), pp. 14 (ill.).

The Herring Net

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After the Hurricane, Bahamas

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Croquet Scene

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The Gulf Stream

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Life-Size Black Bass

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Stowing Sail

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North Woods Club, Adirondacks (The Interrupted Tete-a-Tete)

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Mount Washington

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