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Winslow Homer
American, 1836–1910
Life Line
1884; probably printed c. 1940

Image Caption

Winslow Homer, Life Line, 1884; probably printed c. 1940, etching on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1484
Medium
etching on beige wove paper
Dimensions
Plate: 12 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. (32.7 x 45.4 cm) Sheet: 17 1/2 x 23 9/16 in. (44.5 x 59.9 cm)
Object Number
1955.1484
Acquisition
Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status
Off View

Select Bibliography

Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute. Exhibit Sixteen: Winslow Homer. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1961. Murphy, Alexandra. Winslow Homer in the Clark Collection. Exhibition catalogue. With contributions by Rafael Fernandez and Jennifer Gordon. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1986. Goodrich, Lloyd. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. Edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts. 5 vols. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005. Simpson, Marc, and Susannah Maurer. Winslow Homer: Making Art, Making History. Exhibition catalogue. Williamstown, MA: Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 2005.