Notice

Please note: The DIA will close to the public at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 2, in preparation for Noel Night. We will reopen at 5 p.m. for the evening's events. Learn more

The Four-Leaf Clover, 1873

  • Winslow Homer, American, 1836-1910

Oil on canvas

  • Unframed: 14 1/4 × 20 3/8 inches (36.2 × 51.8 cm)
  • 25 inches × 30 15/16 inches × 4 5/8 inches (63.5 × 78.6 × 11.7 cm)

Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill

70.150

On View

  • American

Department

American Art before 1950

Signed and dated, lower left: Homer 1873

O. Lagrange LaDue. Oliver Ladew (Baltimore, Maryland, USA), Pascal Gatterdam (New York, New York, USA). dealer, Macbeth Galleries (New York, New York, USA). Robert H. Tannahill

1970-present, bequest to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bulletin of the DIA 55, 16 (1977): pp. 97-99 (ill.). “Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit Free Press (June 4, 1978): p. 12 (ill.). Rivard, N.J. Antiques 114 (November 1978): p. 1049 (pl. 8). “Family Art Game.” DIA Advertising Supplement. Detroit News (April 10, 1983): p. 5 (ill.).

Winslow Homer, The Four-Leaf Clover, 1873, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.150.