Two Drowning Figures (Study for Undertow)

c. 1886

Medium	graphite on beige wove paper
Dimensions	5 3/4 x 8 7/8 in. (14.6 x 22.6 cm)
Object Number	1955.1481.5 verso
Acquisition	Acquired by Sterling and Francine Clark before 1955
Status	Off View

Image Caption

Winslow Homer, Two Drowning Figures (Study for Undertow), c. 1886, graphite on beige wove paper. Clark Art Institute, 1955.1481.5 verso

Select Bibliography

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. Cikovsky, Nicolai, Charles Moffett, and Franklin Kelly. Winslow Homer. Exhibition catalogue. Washington, DC: The National Gallery of Art, 1995. Winslow Ames.. The Mastery of Drawing. 2 vol. (Eng. ed. of Joseph Meder, Die Handzeichnung/Ihre Technik und Entwicklung).. New York: Abaris Books.. 1978.. Longstreet, Stephen. The Drawings of Winslow Homer. Master Draughtsman series, vol. 45. Alhambra, CA: Borden Publishing, 1970. Stebbins, Theodore E., Jr. American Master Drawings and Watercolors. New York: Harper & Row, 1976. Goodrich, Lloyd. Record of Works by Winslow Homer. Edited and expanded by Abigail Booth Gerdts. 5 vols. New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2005. Lawrence, James. "Exhibition Review: Winslow Homer. Williamstown." The Burlington Magazine 147, no. 1233 (December 2005): 84850. Polley, Robert L., ed. Great Art Treasures in America's Smaller Museums. Text by Harold E. Haydon. New York: Putnam's, 1967.

Provenance

The artist, given to Adams, 1900; Edward D. Adams, New York (1900–1925, given to Clark, with M. Knoedler & Co., New York, as agent); Sterling and Francine Clark (1925–55); Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, 1955.