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Winslow Homer
Mending the Tears1888

Not on view
Etching or engraving of two women mending a fishing net, one seated on the ground and one on a low stool, with a faint shoreline and sailing vessel in the distance

Winslow Homer, Mending the Tears, 1888, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald, photo © Museum Associates/LACMA

Artist or Maker
Winslow Homer
United States, Massachusetts, Boston, 1836-1910
Title
Mending the Tears
Place Made
United States
Date Made
1888
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
Mat: 24 × 30 in. (60.96 × 76.2 cm) Secondary support: 22 1/8 × 29 in. (56.2 × 73.66 cm) Sheet: 20 13/16 × 27 3/8 in. (52.86 × 69.53 cm) Plate: 17 7/16 × 23 in. (44.29 × 58.42 cm)
Credit Line
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Grunwald
Accession Number
54.86.5
Classification
Prints
Collecting Area
Prints and Drawings