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Weaning the Calf

Artist Winslow Homer American, 1836–1910

Date1875

MediumOil on canvas

Dimensionsheight and width: 24 1/8 x 38 1/4 in. (61.3 x 97.2 cm)
height, width, and depth (frame): 36 x 49 3/4 x 4 1/4 in. (91.4 x 126.4 x 10.8 cm)

ClassificationsPaintings

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina

Object number52.9.16

On View

On view

Provenance**Created United States, 1875; collection of the artist; John H. Sherwood, New York, ca. 1876; [sale, George A. Leavitt & Co., New York, December 17, 1879, no. 49] [1]; Alfred R. Whitney, New York and Morristown, NJ; to son, Maurice Whitney, Albany, New York; [William Macbeth, Inc., New York, March 1, 1935, inv. no. 8198]; Stephen C. Clark, New York, 1935; sold through William Macbeth, Inc., New York to Mrs. Jacob H. Rand, summer 1946; [E. C. Babcock Art Galleries, New York, 1948]; [John Levy Galleries, New York, 1952] [2]; sold to NCMA, 1952.

[1] “Collections of John H. Sherwood and Benjamin Hart,” as Weaning the Calf.
[2] Levy Galleries inventory no. 1807A.

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