Winslow Homer
Waiting for Calls on New-Year's Day

Waiting for Calls on New-Year's Day

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Waiting for Calls on New-Year's Day
ArtistAmerican, 1836–1910
CultureAmerican
Titles
  • Waiting for Calls on New-Year's Day
DateJanuary 2,1869
PlaceUnited States
MediumWood engraving
DimensionsPlate : 9 1/16 × 13 3/4 in. (23 × 34.9 cm)
 Sheet: 11 1/4 × 15 3/4 in. (28.6 × 40 cm)
Credit LineThe Mavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey Collection of Winslow Homer Graphics
Object number75.752
Non exposé

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Department
Prints and Drawings
Object Type
ProvenanceMavis P. and Mary Wilson Kelsey, Houston, by 1975; given to MFAH, 1975.
Exhibition HistoryLoaned to Cypress Creek Christian Church and Community Center, Spring, Texas, for Homer/Nast exhibition, September 1, 1998 to February 9, 1999.

Exhibited in "A Victorian Christmas," at the Shell and the American Landscape Museum, Houston, Texas, November 1, 2000 to January 8, 2001 (LN:2000.26).
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