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image of Right and Left
Winslow Homer (artist)
American, 1836 - 1910
Right and Left, 1909
oil on canvas
Overall: 71.8 x 122.9 cm (28 1/4 x 48 3/8 in.) framed: 105.4 x 156.8 x 10.2 cm (41 1/2 x 61 3/4 x 4 in.)
Gift of the Avalon Foundation
1951.8.1
From the Tour: Homer and Eakins: American Painters in the Late 1800s
Object 8 of 8

1910"The Pennsylvania Academy Exhibition." International Studio 40 ( March 1910): 22, repro. 22.
1911Downes, William Howe. The Life and Works of Winslow Homer. Boston and New York, 1911: 244-245, 258, 282, 286, repro. opp. 244.
1912Pach, Walter. "Winslow Homer et la Significance de Son Oeuvre." AAm (November 1912): 76, repro. 77, as Un Coup Double.
1923Pousette-Dart, Nathaniel. Winslow Homer. In Distinguished American Artists. New York, 1923: 58th repro.
1926Freund, Frank E. Washburn. "Winslow Homer." Sketch Book Magazine 3 (August 1926): 40, repro. 38.
1932Bolton, Theodore. "The Art of Winslow Homer: An Estimate." Fine Arts 18 (February 1932): 52, 55.
1936Clifford, Henry. "Winslow Homer: Oils, Watercolors, and Drawings in the Centennial Exhibit Currently in Philadelphia."Art News 34 (9 May 1936): 6, repro.
1942Watson, Forbes. Winslow Homer. New York, 1942: repro. 84.
1944Goodrich, Lloyd. Winslow Homer. New York, 1944: 198, repro. 62.
1946Baldinger, Wallace S. "The Art of Eakins, Homer and Ryder: A Social Revelation." The Art Quarterly (Summer 1946): 227, repro. 229.
1947Louchheim, Aline B. "The Main Line Collects: A Chance to See Philadelphia's Privately Owned Masterpieces." Art News 46 (July 1947): 16, repro.
1951Walker, John. Paintings from America. Harmondsworth, England, 1951: 29, 44, no. 35, repro. 177.
1952Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., Great Paintings from the National Gallery of Art. New York, 1952: 176, color repro.
1959Goodrich, Lloyd. Winslow Homer. New York, 1959: 31, repro. 177.
1961Gardner, Albert Ten Eyck. Winslow Homer American Artist: His World and His Work. New York, 1961: 206, color repro. 92.
1962Gould, Jean. Winslow Homer: A Portrait. New York, 1962: 289.
1963Ripley, Elizabeth. Winslow Homer: A Biography. Philadelphia and New York, 1963: 66, 67, repro. 67.
1963Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. New York, 1963 (reprinted 1964 in French, German, and Spanish): 337, repro. 328.
1965Dwight, Edward H. Audubon: Watercolors and Drawings. Utica and New York, 1965: no. 80, 49.
1966Beam, Philip C. Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck. Boston, 1966: 247-249, repro. 248.
1966Beam, Philip C. Winslow Homer at Prout's Neck. Exh. cat. Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, 1966: n.p.
1966Flexner, James Thomas. The World of Winslow Homer, 1836-1910. New York, 1966: 180-181, color repro. 180-181.
1966Cairns, Huntington and John Walker, eds., A Pageant of Painting from the National Gallery of Art. 2 vols. New York, 1966: 2:492, color repro.
1968Wilmerding, John. A History of American Marine Painting. Salem, Massachusetts, 1968: 222, repro. 224.
1970American Paintings and Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1970: 70, repro.
1971Cott, Perry B. "The Alisa Mellon Bruce Gifts." The Connoisseur 178 (December 1971): 249, 258, repro. 257.
1972Wilmerding, John. Winslow Homer. New York, 1972: 168, 172, 177, color repro. 206.
1973Hyman, Linda. Winslow Homer: America's Old Master. New York, 1973: 87, 89, repro. 88.
1975Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. New York, 1975: 559, no. 847, color repro.
1976Stein, Roger B. "Structure as Meaning: Towards a Cultural Interpretation of American Painting." American Art Review 3 (March-April 1976): 74-76, color repro. 77.
1976Wilmerding, John. American Art. London, 1976: 136, repro. no. 163.
1977Young, Mahonri Sharp. American Realists: Homer to Hopper. New York, 1977: 34, repro. 41.
1979Hendricks, Gordon. The Life and Work of Winslow Homer. New York, 1979: 246-247, 260, 268, 277, 283, color repro. 260-262.
1979Watson, Ross. National Gallery of Art. London, 1979: 125, pl. 112, color repro.
1980Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 10, 15, no. 35, color repro.
1980Wilmerding, John. "Winslow Homer's Right and Left." In Studies in the History of Art 9 (1980): 59-85, color repro. 60, repro. 83.
1980American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1980: 11, 177, repro.
1981Williams 1981, color repro. 158, 173, repro. 176.
1983Adams, Henry. "Mortal Themes: Winslow Homer." Art in America 71 (February 1983): 122, color repro. 126.
1984Walker, John. National Gallery of Art, Washington. (rev. ed.) New York, 1984: 557, no. 844, color repro.
1985McEwen, John. "Audubon and His Legacy." Art in America 73 (Septeber 1985): 106, 108, color repro. 101.
1986Cooper, Helen A. Winslow Homer Watercolors. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven. Washington, D.C., 1986: 184, 239.
1986Judge, Mary A. Winslow Homer. New York, 1986: 86, 89, 92, color repro. 88.
1987Wilmerding, John. American Marine Painting. Rev. ed. of A History of American Marine Painting, 1968. New York, 1987: 160, color repro. 161.
1988Wilmerding, John. American Masterpieces from the National Gallery of Art. National Gallery of Art, Washington (rev. ed.), 1988: 18-19, 124, no. 39, color repro. 125.
1988Scully, Vincent. "Winslow Homer and the Waters." Architectural Digest 45 (April 1988): 214, color repro. 210.
1988Simpson, Marc. Winslow Homer: Paintings of the Civil War. San Francisco, 1988: 48, 181, repro. 182.
1989Reed, Christopher. "The Artist and the Other: The Work of Winslow Homer." Yale University Art Gallery Bulletin (Spring 1989): 76.
1990Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. "Homer around 1900." In Winslow Homer: A Symposium. Edited by Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. In Studies in the History of Art 26 (1990): 146.
1990Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. "Winslow Homer's Unfinished Business." Studies in the History of Art 37 (1990): 113.
1990Cikovsky, Nicolai, Jr. Winslow Homer. New York, 1990: 128, 135, 136, 140, 144, 146, color repro. 144.
1990Robertson, Bruce. Reckoning with Winslow Homer: His Late Works and Their Influence. Cleveland, 1990: 34, 37-39, 41, 173, repro. 39.
1990Tatham, David. "Winslow Homer at the North Woods Club." In Winslow Homer: A Symposium. Edited by Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr. In Studies in the History of Art 26 (1990): 126, repro. 127.
1990Wilmerding, John and Linda Ayres. Winslow Homer in the 1870's: Selections from the Valentine-Pulsifer Collection. Exh. cat. The Art Museum, Princeton University; Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford. Princeton, 1990: 16.
1990Young, Mahonri Sharp. "Letter from the USA. The Prophet of Prout's Neck." Apollo 132 (December 1990): repro. 425.
1991Wilmerding, John. American Views: Essays on American Art. Princeton, 1991: 37, 48, 208, 223-243, repro. 224, color repro. no. 17, details 240-241.
1992Wilkinson, Todd. "Portraits of a Sporting Past." Ducks Unlimited 56 (September-October 1992): 47-48, repro. 46-47.
1992American Paintings: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 205, repro.
1992National Gallery of Art, Washington. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1992: 247, repro.
1995Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, 1995-1996: no. 235.
1995Winslow Homer. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. WAshington, D.C., 1995: 388-389, color repro. 288.
1996Kelly, Franklin, with Nicolai Cikovsky, Jr., Deborah Chotner, and John Davis. American Paintings of the Nineteenth Century, Part I. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 1996: 327-333, color repro.
1997Little, Carl. Winslow Homer: His Art, His Light, His Landscapes, California, 1997, p. 172-173, repro.

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