Lot Essay
This drawing is a study for the woodcut that was the cover of the March 12, 1870 issue of Harper's Weekly. A cover of this magazine accompanies this lot.
Tenth Commandment
Details
Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
Tenth Commandment
signed and dated 'Winslow Homer/Homer./1870' (lower left)--inscribed 'Good Lord Help us to Keep/His Law' (lower center)
pencil on paper
12 x 9½ in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm.)
Tenth Commandment
signed and dated 'Winslow Homer/Homer./1870' (lower left)--inscribed 'Good Lord Help us to Keep/His Law' (lower center)
pencil on paper
12 x 9½ in. (30.5 x 24.1 cm.)
Provenance
Victor Spark, New York, circa 1960.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1960s.
Acquired by the present owner from the above, circa 1960s.
Literature
Harper's Weekly, March 12, 1870, woodcut cover illustration.
L. Goodrich, The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1968, n.p., no. 62A, pl. 46, illustrated.
N. Cikovsky, Jr. and F. Kelly, Winslow Homer, Washington, D.C., 1995, pp. 59, 252, woodcut illustrated.
L. Goodrich and A.B. Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer, 1867 through 1876, New York, 2005, p. 123, no. 365, illustrated.
L. Goodrich, The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer, exhibition catalogue, New York, 1968, n.p., no. 62A, pl. 46, illustrated.
N. Cikovsky, Jr. and F. Kelly, Winslow Homer, Washington, D.C., 1995, pp. 59, 252, woodcut illustrated.
L. Goodrich and A.B. Gerdts, Record of Works by Winslow Homer, 1867 through 1876, New York, 2005, p. 123, no. 365, illustrated.
Exhibited
New York, Museum of Graphic Art (organizer), and elsewhere, The Graphic Art of Winslow Homer, 1968.
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