WINSLOW HOMER (MA/ME/UK, 1836-1910)

"Coming Through the Rye", oil on canvas, signed lower right and dated 1867, Vieille Mfr de Couleurs de Paris stencil verso, titled on label verso from Driscoll Babcock Gallery of New York, housed in a gilt oak panel frame by Gill & Lagodich. OS: 25" x 20", SS: 16 1/4" x 11 1/4". Stretcher size: 16 3/4" x 11 3/4". Included is a short essay by John Driscoll, owner of Babcock Galleries, in which he discusses provenance and offers his personal insights as to the painting's significance in Homer's evolution as an artist. Condition: Excellent, stable, intact and clean. Old hot wax relining recently removed. Cleaning and conservation performed by David Bull at Fine Art Conservation, 17 East 76th St. New York. Catalogue Raisonne #305.Selected exhibitions: New York, Tenth Street Building, Artist's Reception , 27 March 1873. New York, Somerville Art Gallery (auction rooms) 26 April - 6 May, 1873, Number 64. New York, Kurtz Gallery (auction rooms) c. 19-6 February 1878, Number 11. Chicago, Leslie Hindman Auctioneers, October, 2017, Sale 257, Lot 94, New York, The American Art Fair, 11-15 November, 2017, Driscoll Babcock Galleries. Provenance: The Artist, Paris and New York, 1867-1873: Edward Brown, New York, 1878 (probably): J.F. Harral, Aurora, Illinois, until 1944; Private Collection, acquired from the above, 1944; Thence by Descent, Private Collection, Chicago, Illinois, until 2017.