About the Artwork
The Life Line
1884
Winslow Homer
1836-1910
American
Unknown
Etching printed in black on wove paper
plate: 12 7/8 x 17 7/8 in. 32.6 x 45.3 cm sheet: 15 3/4 x 22 in. 40.0 x 55.8 cm
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Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton
F67.25
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Markings
In plate, lower right: Winslow HOMER; lower left: HOMER 1884
In plate preceding signature, lower right: Copyright 1884; in pencil, center top margin: 2 7/8; center bottom edge: 70276; verso, lower left corner: a99522 / (other numbers crossed-out)
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Winslow Homer, The Life Line, 1884, Etching printed in black on wove paper. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Dr. and Mrs. Irving F. Burton, F67.25.
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