A Wall, Nassau

Colors in this work

Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 1898
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 14 7/8 x 21 3/8 in. (37.8 x 54.3 cm) Framed: 24 1/2 x 30 1/2 in. (62.2 x 77.5 cm)
Origin: American
Department: The American Wing
Holding institution: The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Palette: Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #96B6B8 · 33%

Limestone Dust · Gray family · #CBBAAF · 26%

Silverpoint Paper · Gray family · #BACECB · 7%

Faded Damask Teal · Teal family · #4E736E · 6%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #A2877E · 6%

Clay Tablet · Brown family · #975C52 · 5%

Flax Ground · Yellow family · #C0BCA5 · 4%

Calcite Veil · White family · #F4EADE · 4%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #345552 · 4%

Tarnished Aquamarine · Teal family · #6E9195 · 2%

Blue Rag Paper · Blue family · #6C93A8 · 1%

Raw Walnut · Brown family · #5F4841 · 1%

Coral Miniature · Pink family · #DB6255 · 1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #A0B4A1 · <1%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #696169 · <1%

Plaster Cast · Gray family · #CFE1DC · <1%

Faience Turquoise · Teal family · #4FA3A8 · <1%

Beeswax Light · Yellow family · #C2BE50 · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: Amelia B. Lazarus Fund, 1910

9 tags

Landscapes and Waterscapes Visual · 97%

The image presents a natural view with vegetation, a wall, open sky, and a broad blue expanse that appears to be water.
Flora Visual · 99%

Numerous red flowers on thin, curving stems and additional leafy vegetation occupy the upper and middle portions of the composition.

Bright and Vivid Colors Visual · 88%

The red flowers provide vivid focal accents against the pale blue sky and water and the muted tones of the wall and foliage.
Asymmetrical Visual · 96%

The gateway is concentrated at the left, while the large flowering plant and open waterscape extend across the right, producing an uneven, asymmetrical arrangement.

Watercolor Both · 99%

The image shows transparent watercolor washes and fine linear marks, while the catalog identifies the medium as watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper.
Work on Paper Both · 99%

The catalog specifies off-white wove paper, which is visible around the composition and in numerous light, unpainted passages.
Drawing Both · 88%

Graphite is identified in the catalog medium, and fine linear marks are visible around the wall, gateway, stems, and architectural forms.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog dates the work to 1898, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 98%

The catalog identifies the place of origin as American, identifies Homer as American, and places the work in The American Wing.

Winslow Homer. A Wall, Nassau. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.