Channel Bass

Colors in this work

Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 1904
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on white wove paper
Dimensions: 11 1/4 x 19 3/8 in. (28.6 x 49.2 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: Ottoman Tile · Teal family · #3F747B · 66%

Tarnished Aquamarine · Teal family · #5F9094 · 10%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #CAB39B · 7%

Blue Spruce Cloth · Teal family · #2E5159 · 7%

Duck Egg Slip · Teal family · #7DA5A6 · 3%

Weathered Leather · Brown family · #765D57 · 2%

Oxidized Bronze · Green family · #5F7E6C · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #504850 · <1%

Willow Ash · Green family · #878F6F · <1%

Vine Charcoal · Gray family · #574543 · <1%

Granite Face · Gray family · #5D6A6C · <1%

Indigo Vault · Blue family · #294048 · <1%

Sage Plaster · Green family · #CDDBC4 · <1%

Graphite Block · Gray family · #4C5059 · <1%

Annatto Fiber · Orange family · #DA7626 · <1%

Emerald Glaze · Green family · #1A9776 · <1%

Marine Tempera · Blue family · #41606F · <1%

Copper Green Enamel · Green family · #00B07D · <1%

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Image provider: metropolitan-museum-of-art
License: CC0-1.0
Credit: George A. Hearn Fund, 1952

8 tags

Animals Both · 99%

A large fish dominates the image, and the museum catalog lists the subject as “Fish.”
Animal Portrait Visual · 84%

The principal fish is presented as a distinct individual in a carefully observed side-on profile, supporting an animal-portrait reading.
Water Visual · 99%

Blue-green washes fill the field around the fish and visibly establish an aquatic setting.

Watercolor Metadata · 99%

The museum classifies the work as watercolor and records the medium as watercolor and graphite on white wove paper.
Work on Paper Metadata · 99%

The recorded medium is watercolor and graphite on white wove paper.
Stains/Washes Visual · 93%

The surrounding field is built from broad, fluid, overlapping washes and irregular passages of pigment.

1900 - 1917 Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1904, placing it within the 1900–1917 period.

American Art Metadata · 99%

The catalog identifies Winslow Homer as American and gives the place of origin as American.

Winslow Homer. Channel Bass. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.