Stowing Sail
| Title | Stowing Sail |
|---|---|
| Artist | Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910 |
| Date | 1903 20th century |
| Medium | Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, scraping and graphite, on thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper |
| Classification | watercolor |
| Origin | United States United States |
| Holding institution | Art Institute of Chicago |
| Credit line | Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection |
| Rights | Public domain (CC0). Free to use for any purpose. |
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“Stowing Sail” is a work by Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910, dated 1903. It is executed in transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting, scraping and graphite, on thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper and classified as watercolor. This work is in the public domain (CC0), so the image may be downloaded and reused for any purpose without permission (see the licence note below).
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Rights: Public Domain — CC0 via the Art Institute of Chicago Open Access programme.
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