Rare original study drawing of an old woman by Winslow Homer (1836-1910 ). Born in Boston, Massachusetts in 1836 and growing up in Cambridge, Winslow Homer became one of the all-time leading figures in American art, known for his marine genre paintings and for his espousing of realism, especially of American life. From the 1880s until his death in 1910, his work was focused on issues of mortality and the forces of nature such as violent storms at sea. Between 1884 and 1889, he did numerous etchings of his own paintings and watercolors. Winslow Homer died in Prout's Neck in 1910. His works may be found in important private and public collections across the country including: the Addison Gallery of American Art, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massachusetts; Art Institute of Chicago; the Brooklyn Museum, New York; the Butler Institute of American Art, Youngstown, Ohio; Canajoharie Library and Art Gallery, New York; the Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh; the Cleveland Museum of Art; the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; the Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington; the Detroit Institute of Arts; the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts; the Henry Art Gallery, University of Washington, Seattle; the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, Nebraska; the Los Angeles County Museum of Art; the Memorial Art Gallery of the University of Rochester, New York; the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence; the Museum of Fine Arts, Springfield, Massachusetts; the Musée D'Orsay, Paris; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.; National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.; the New Britain Museum of American Art, Connecticut; the Minneapolis Institute of Arts; the North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh; the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts; the Philadelphia Museum of Art; the Phillips Collection, Washington, D.C.; the Saint Louis Art Museum; the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Massachusetts; Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, Massachusetts; the Worcester Art Museum, Massachusetts; and the Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut. The Associated Press reported that on May 5, 1998, Bill Gates, Chairman of Microsoft Corporation, paid $30 million for Lost on the Grand Banks, the last major seascape by Winslow Homer still in private hands. The price paid at a secret private sale is easily a record for American art according to The New York Times, citing anonymous art experts. Drawing part of the private art collector estate from Aspen, Colorado.SIZE : with frame 12 3/4" x 10 5/8", without 8" x 6". ~~ DEAR BIDDERS, Please View More Detailed Close-Up Images by visiting our website - Sofedesignauctions.com ~ Thank you ! ~~~~~~. Detailed condition reports are not included in this catalog. For additional information, including condition reports, please contact us at info@sofedesignauctions.com