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Moonlight on the Water, (painting). Artist:  Homer, Winslow, 1836-1910, painter. Title:  Moonlight on the Water, (painting). Other Titles:  Marine Study, (painting). Moonlight, (painting). Watching the Rapids, (painting). Dates:  Early 1890's. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Oil on canvas. Dimensions:  15 11/16 x 31 7/16 in. (39.9 x 79.8 cm) Inscription:  (On verso, not in the artist's hand:) Painted by/Winslow Homer 1906/C. S. Homer/Executor Description:  Two figures sit and look out at the ocean. Subject:  Study Waterscape -- Time -- Night Waterscape -- Celestial -- Moon Figure group Waterscape -- Coast Object Type:  Painting Owner:  Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 5905 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California 90036 Accession Number: 39.12.10 Remarks:  The 1906 inscription date is believed to refer to the date Homer restretched the painting, changing its proportions to give it its present elongated shape. Inscription in another hand on stretcher bar: "Moonlight on Water Painted by Winslow Homer/about 1906/C. S. Homer." References:  Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 176-177. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1973. Illustration:  Image on file. Fort, Ilene Susan and Michael Quick, "American Art: A Catalogue of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art Collection," Los Angeles, CA: Los Angeles County Museum of Art, 1991, pg. 176. Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. and Franklin Kelly, "Winslow Homer," Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1995, fig. 220, pg. 318. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAP 02960062   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Paintings 02960062 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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