East Hampton Beach, Long Island

Provenance

Acquired c. 1956 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, by William Roerick [1913-1995], Los Angeles; sold to (Zabriskie Gallery, New York); sold 1961 to Harold K. Hochschild [1892-1981], Princeton. (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 22 October 1981, no. 54). Dr. and Mrs. John E. Larkin, Jr., Dellwood, Minnesota; (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 2 June 1983, no. 77). Paul Mellon [1907-1999], Upperville, Virginia; bequest 1999 to NGA, with life interest to Mrs. Mellon; life interest released 2012.

East Hampton Beach, Long Island

Homer, Winslow

1874

Accession Number

2012.89.2

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

overall: 25.8 × 55.1 cm (10 3/16 × 21 11/16 in.) | framed: 33.02 × 62.23 × 5.4 cm (13 × 24 1/2 × 2 1/8 in.)

Classification

Painting

Museum

National Gallery of Art

Washington, D.C., United States

Credit Line

Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon