Hurricane, Bahamas

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Artist: Winslow Homer
Date: 1898
Medium: Watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper
Dimensions: 14 7/16 x 21 1/16 in. (36.7 x 53.5 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: Plaster Cast · Gray family · #D1CAB9 · 28%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #6B5A52 · 18%

Pewter Vessel · Gray family · #8B8678 · 14%

Linen Gesso · White family · #EEE5D5 · 11%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #546A67 · 8%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #424136 · 6%

Kiln Ash · Gray family · #5C6559 · 5%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #A9A596 · 5%

Etching Plate Gray · Gray family · #43444A · 4%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #BBBCA7 · <1%

Hammered Copper Brown · Brown family · #90493B · <1%

Raw Sienna Bank · Brown family · #9C726C · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #9BB4AE · <1%

Zinc Ground · Gray family · #9FA998 · <1%

Aged Vellum · Yellow family · #DEC496 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #C8B9B1 · <1%

Apricot Plaster · Orange family · #D7A561 · <1%

Museum Mount · Gray family · #A5AFB6 · <1%

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

9 tags

Disaster Both · 98%

The title identifies a hurricane, and the image shows dramatically wind-bent palms beneath a dark storm front.
Flora Both · 99%

The catalog lists palms as a subject, and multiple palm trees dominate the composition with their fronds swept laterally.
Landscapes Visual · 94%

The image presents a broad environmental scene combining sea, sky, vegetation, and a coastal settlement.

Dark Colors Visual · 95%

Dark gray, muted green, brown, and cream tones dominate the image, with limited red, orange, and turquoise accents.
Asymmetrical Visual · 96%

The composition is asymmetrical, with leaning palms and diagonal rooflines concentrated across the center and right, contrasted with open sky and sea at left.

Watercolor Both · 99%

The Metropolitan Museum of Art classifies the work as watercolor, and the image visibly features transparent washes, layered tones, and irregular fluid edges.

19th Century Art Metadata · 99%

The work is dated 1898, placing it within the nineteenth century.

American Art Metadata · 99%

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

Use of Paper Metadata · 99%

The catalog records the medium as watercolor and graphite on off-white wove paper.

Winslow Homer. Hurricane, Bahamas. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.