About the Artwork
The Four-Leaf Clover
1873
Winslow Homer
1836-1910
American
Unknown
Oil on canvas
Unframed: 14 1/4 × 20 3/8 inches (36.2 × 51.8 cm) Framed: 25 inches × 30 15/16 inches × 4 5/8 inches (63.5 × 78.6 × 11.7 cm)
Paintings
American Art before 1950
Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill
70.150
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Markings
Signed and dated, lower left: Homer 1873
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Provenance
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)
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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.).
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Winslow Homer, The Four-Leaf Clover, 1873, oil on canvas. Detroit Institute of Arts, Bequest of Robert H. Tannahill, 70.150.
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