Croquet Scene

New York, Macbeth Gallery, An Introduction to Homer, Dec. 15–Jan. 18, 1937, cat. 69. New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Life in America, cat. 217. Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Sport in American Art, Oct. 10–Dec. 10, 1944, cat. 56. Utica, Munson–Williams–Proctor Institute, Paintings by Winslow Homer and Thomas Eakins, Dec. 1–Jan. 19, 1947, cat. 10. Northampton, Mass., Smith College Museum of Art, Winslow Homer: Illustrator, Feb. 1951; Williamstown, Mass., Lawrence Art Museum, Williams College, cat. 30. Los Angeles Municipal Gallery, Barnsdall Park, The American Scene 1710–1940, Apr. 17–May 6, 1956. Washington DC, National Gallery of Art, Smithsonian Institution, Winslow Homer, A Retrospective Exhibition, Nov. 23, 1958–Jan. 4, 1959, cat. 9; New York City, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Jan. 29–Mar. 8, 1959; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Mar–May 1959. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. Art Institute of Chicago, Junior Museum: America and the Artist, Aug. 1, 1975–July 9, 1978, no cat. New Haven, Yale University Art Gallery, Winslow Homer: The Croquet Game, Apr. 18–June 24, 1984; Washington DC, Corcoran Gallery, July 14–Sept. 16, 1984; Buffalo, New York, Albright–Knox Art Gallery, Sept. 29–Nov. 25, 1984; Art Institute of Chicago, Dec. 8, 1984–Feb. 3, 1985; New York, National Academy of Design, Mar. 7–May 5, 1985, cat. 29. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer, Oct. 15, 1995–Jan. 28, 1996, cat.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 21–May 26, 1996; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 17–Sept. 22, 1996. Metropolitan Museum of Art, American Stories: Paintings of Everyday Life, 1765–1915, Oct. 12, 2009–Jan. 24, 2010; Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Feb. 28–May 23, 2010. Worcester, MA, Worcester Art Museum, Coming Away: Winslow Homer and England, Nov. 11, 2017–Feb. 4, 2018; Milwaukee Art Museum, Mar. 2–May 20, 2018, cat. 11.

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