Gazing at the water

“A Good Pool, Saguenay River" (1895 watercolor over graphite, with scraping on cream wove paper), by Winslow Homer, in the show “Coastlines: American Prints And Drawings,’’ July 4-Sept. 27, at the Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, Mass.

The museum says:

“This exhibition presents American nineteenth- and twentieth-century watercolors, etchings, drawings, lithographs, and wood engravings from the Clark’s permanent collection that depict the culture and landscapes of the coastline. Focused on representations of the eastern seacoast of the United States, the exhibition situates the coastline as a site of contact and exchange, of economic and cultural activity, and a terrain integral to nation building. Through the Clark’s strong works on paper collection, the exhibition brings to the forefront the artist’s ‘line’ in drawing and in print, made innovative and exceptional at the intersection of land and sea.’’

Editor’s note: The Saguenay River is actually in Quebec.