Prout's Neck, Evening
A watercolor seascape showing a dark rocky headland at lower left meeting a calm, grey-blue sea under a band of pale, luminous light beneath heavy, stormy clouds. Loose washes, blotting, and bare paper suggest the fading evening light and wet air over the water.
- Artist
- Winslow Homer
- Date
- c. 1894
- Medium
- Watercolor, with rewetting and blotting, over traces of graphite, on thick, rough-textured, ivory wove paper (top edge trimmed)
- Source
- Art Institute of Chicago
- Size
- 1686 × 1116 px
Public domain · Art Institute of Chicago releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1899).
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (Art Institute of Chicago, is_public_domain=true)
Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Art Institute of Chicago, Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection
