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1885 · Art Institute of Chicago
The Herring Net
painting by Winslow Homer
- Date
- 1885WikidataArt Institute of Chicago: 1885
- Medium
- Oil on canvasArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: Oil paint on canvas
- Dimensions
- 76.5 × 122.9 cmArt Institute of ChicagoWikidata: 76.5 × 122.9 cm
- Collection
- Art Institute of Chicago, ChicagoWikidata
- Gallery
- Gallery 161Art Institute of Chicago
- Genre
- genre art, marine artWikidata
- Materials
- oil paint, canvasWikidata
- Inventory no.
- 1937.1039Wikidata
- Credit line
- Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson CollectionArt Institute of Chicago
Provenance
Where it has been
- 1937 –Art Institute of Chicagohigh confidenceWikidata · collection
Exhibition historyArt Institute of Chicago
New York, National Academy of Design, Autumn Exhibition, Nov. 23–Dec. 19, 1885, no. 395.
Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, May 1–Oct. 31, 1893.
Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, 1908, as Banks Fishermen.
New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer, Feb. 6–Mar. 19, 1911, no. 6, as Banks Fishermen.
Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings from the Collection of R. F. Angell, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Cresmer, Mr. and Mrs. Max Epstein, Martin A. Ryerson, June 1–Oct. 1, 1923.
New York, Museum of Modern Art, Homer, Ryder, and Eakins, May 6–June 4, 1930, cat.
Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat.
New York, Knoedler Galleries, To Honor Henry McBride, An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Water Colours, Nov. 29–Dec. 17, 1949, no. 1, as Banks Fishermen or The Herring Net.
Milwaukee, Marquette University, Festival of the American Arts, Apr. 22–May 3, 1956, no. 38.
Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
NY, Brooklyn Museum, The Triumph of Realism, Oct. 3–Nov. 19, 1967, cat.; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 11, 1967–Jan. 4, 1968; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Feb. 17–Mar. 31, 1968.
Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer, Oct. 15, 1995–Jan. 28, 1996, cat.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 21–May 26, 1996; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 17–Sept. 22, 1996.
Identifiers & sources+
- Art Institute of Chicago25865
- Wikimedia CommonsWinslow Homer - The Herring Net - Google Art Project.jpg
- inventory number1937.1039
- WikidataQ20273499
- Fame rank#6336 (3 Wikipedia articles)

