Winslow Homer
Young Man Reading
American, 1872
Physical Qualities
Oil on canvas, Framed: 22 5/8 x 24 1/2 x 3 1/4 in. (57.5 x 62.2 x 8.3 cm) Unframed: 14 x 16 in. (35.6 x 40.6 cm) Sight: 13 1/2 x 15 1/2 in. (34.3 x 39.4 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W. Deering, Baltimore
Object Number
2005.142
The Baltimore Museum of Art by partial and promised gift, 2005, completed, 2012; Mr. and Mrs. Anthony W. Deering, Baltimore by purchase, 2004; Christie's, New York, 2004; private collection, Dallas, Texas; Mr. Francis Minot Weld, New York, 1944; Babcock Galleries, New York; The Downtown Gallery, New York, 1941; Carnegie Institute, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania by gift, 1918; Mrs. Charles S. Homer, 1917; Charles S. Homer, Jr., New York (brother of the artist)
"Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer," Babcock Galleries, New York, December 8-31, 1941, no. 2.
"Dallas Private Collections," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 15- Sept. 3, 1967.
"Dallas Private Collections," Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, July 15- Sept. 3, 1967.
Lloyd Goodrich & Edith Havens Goodrich, "Whitney Museum of American Art Record of Works by Winslow Homer, NY: Spaneirman Gallery, 2005, no. 435, ill.
"Important American Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture," Christie's, New York, May 18, 2004, sale no. 1377, lot no. 41, ill.
Jay Hancock, 'Fractional art donations prove charity starts at home,' "The Baltimore Sun," Sunday, 2/4/2007, 6C, ill.
Inscribed: FACE: LL, "W.H."
