Public collection via the Art Institute of Chicago
AT-00004438The Cock Fight
Inscriptions
Signed recto, lower right, in red-purple watercolor: "Homer 1885" Inscribed verso, upper right, in graphite: "27" [encircled]
Provenance
John La Farge (1835–1910), Boston, before 1910 [according to correspondence from Abigail Booth Gerdts to the Art Institute, May 6, 1997]. George F. Harding, Jr. (died 1939) and the George F. Harding Museum, Chicago, before 1939; ownership transferred to the Art Institute, 1982; accessioned by the Art Institute, 1990.
Exhibition history
New York, Reichard and Company, Water-Color Views by Winslow Homer, December [c. 18–c. 31], 1885 [according to correspondence from Abigail Booth Gerdts to the Art Institute, May 6, 1997]. Boston, Doll and Richards, Winslow Homer and Walter Gay, February 19-March 3, 1886 [according to correspondence from Abigail Booth Gerdts to the Art Institute, May 6, 1997]. The Art Institute of Chicago, "Watercolors by Winslow Homer: The Color of Light," February 16-May 11, 2008, pp. 176, 178, 179 (ill.), 210, cat. by Martha Tedeschi and Kristi Dahm. New York, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, "Winslow Homer: Crosscurrents", April 4 - July 31, 2022, p. 102 (ill.), 137, cat. by Stephanie L. Herdrich and Sylvia Mount, et. al.
Data retrieved from the Art Institute of Chicago on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.
Quick Overview
- Artist
- Winslow Homer / American, 1836-1910
- Date
- 1885
- Medium
- Transparent and opaque watercolor, with traces of scraping, over graphite, on thick, moderately textured, cream wove paper (top and lower edges trimmed)
- Dimensions
- 26.5 × 48.4 cm (10 7/16 × 19 1/16 in.)
- Type
- Drawing
- Classification
- watercolor
- Place
- United States
- Department
- Prints and Drawings
- Credit line
- George F. Harding Collection
- Accession no.
- 1982.1579
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