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1885 · Art Institute of Chicago

The Herring Net

Winslow HomerWikidata

painting by Winslow Homer

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Date
1885Wikidata
Art Institute of Chicago: 1885
Medium
Oil on canvasArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: Oil paint on canvas
Dimensions
76.5 × 122.9 cmArt Institute of Chicago
Wikidata: 76.5 × 122.9 cm
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

  1. 1937 –
    Art Institute of Chicago
    high 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.
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