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Plate I

The Gulf Stream
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The Gulf Stream

Winslow Homer, artist

Homer’s major seascape of a lone Black sailor in a damaged boat, confronting sharks, weather and the open Caribbean.

Date
1899; reworked by 1906
Collection
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Reference
11122

Record

Culture
American
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
28 1/8 x 49 1/8 in. (71.4 x 124.8 cm) Framed: 42 5/16 x 62 11/16 x 5 7/8 in. (107.5 x 159.3 x 15 cm)
Origin
United States

Provenance and history

  1. 1899; reworked by 1906

    Created by Winslow HomerA

Sources

  1. A
  2. B

    collectionapi.metmuseum.org

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