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From the permanent collection · August 18, 2026

After the Hurricane, Bahamas

After the Hurricane, Bahamas

Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910 · 1899

Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper

After the Hurricane, Bahamas, by Winslow Homer American, 1836-1910, 1899.

Transparent watercolor, with touches of opaque watercolor, rewetting, blotting and scraping, over graphite, on moderately thick, moderately textured (twill texture on verso), ivory wove paper.

From the collection of the The Art Institute of Chicago. Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection.

The Art Institute of Chicago
Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection

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