Girls on Hillside, 1879

Provenance

(Possibly) Sale, Wm. A. Butters & Co., Chicago, Illinois, December 10, 1879 (consigned by the artist)

Cornelia Lunt, Evanston, Illinois, probably 1879

Anne Evans, by bequest from above

Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado, by bequest from above, 1941

Knoedler & Co., New York, New York, acquired from above, 1951

Hammer Galleries, New York, New York

Private collection, acquired from above

Sale, Sotheby’s, New York, New York, January 19, 2024, lot 27, from above

Exhibited

(Possibly) Wm. A. Butters & Co., Chicago, 1879

Literature

Lloyd Goodrich and Abigail Booth Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer: 1877 to March 1881, vol. III (New York: Spanierman Gallery, 2008), 263, no 859.

Related Works

Two Girls in a Field, 1879, graphite on paper, 9 13/16 x 8 5/16 inches, signed and dated lower right; Brooklyn Museum, New York

Two Girls, 1879, graphite on paper, 9⅛ x 9 11/16 inches, signed and dated lower right; Private collection

Note: Cornelia Lunt, known as the “First Lady of Evanston,” was a founding member of the Fort Dearborn Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and was active in promoting the arts at Northwestern University.