Distressed Boat (Sketch for "The Gulf Stream") (recto); Floor Plan Diagram; Elevation of a domestic residence (verso) 1885 Winslow Homer In this small but powerful drawing, Homer recorded his earliest inspiration for his epic painting The Gulf Stream (06.1234). The artist likely witnessed the perilous scene while sailing between Nassau, Bahamas and Santiago, Cuba in February 1885. This quick sketch captures several important compositional elements that would appear in the final painting: the direction and dramatic tilt of the mastless boat, the rough water, and the ominous storm on the horizon. In the final composition completed some fourteen years laterHomer would amplify the sense of danger by including three circling sharks and eliminating one of the figures on the deck of the boat.. Distressed Boat (Sketch for "The Gulf Stream") (recto); Floor Plan Diagram; Elevation of a domestic residence (verso). Winslow Homer (American, Boston, Massachusetts 1836-1910 Prouts Neck, Maine). Ame
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