The Herring Net

1. Charles W. Gould, New York, by 1908 to 1915; M. Knoedler and Company, New York, 1915; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, 1915; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [<em>Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932</em>, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

Recorded by Art Institute of Chicago.

• New York, National Academy of Design, <em>Autumn Exhibition</em>, Nov. 23–Dec. 19, 1885, no. 395.
• Chicago, <em>World's Columbian Exposition</em>, May 1–Oct. 31, 1893.
• Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, 1908, as <em>Banks Fishermen</em>.
• New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, <em>Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer</em>, Feb. 6–Mar. 19, 1911, no. 6, as <em>Banks Fishermen</em>.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5215/paintings-from-the-collection-of-r-f-angell-mr-and-mrs-william-t-cresmer-mr-and-mrs-max-epstein-martin-a-ryerson"><em>Paintings from the Collection of R. F. Angell, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Cresmer, Mr. and Mrs. Max Epstein, Martin A. Ryerson</em></a>, June 1–Oct. 1, 1923.
• New York, Museum of Modern Art, <em>Homer, Ryder, and Eakins</em>, May 6–June 4, 1930, cat.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/5626/a-century-of-progress-loan-exhibition-of-paintings-and-sculpture-1933"><em>A Century of Progress</em></a>, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat.
• New York, Knoedler Galleries, <em>To Honor Henry McBride, An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Water Colours</em>, Nov. 29–Dec. 17, 1949, no. 1, as <em>Banks Fishermen</em> or <em>The Herring Net</em>.
• Milwaukee, Marquette University, <em>Festival of the American Arts</em>, Apr. 22–May 3, 1956, no. 38.
• Art Institute of Chicago, <a href="https://www.artic.edu/exhibitions/4071/two-centuries-of-american-art-1750-1950"><em>Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950</em></a>, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available].
• NY, Brooklyn Museum, <em>The Triumph of Realism</em>, 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, <em>Winslow Homer</em>, 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.

• “Fine Arts: The Autumn Academy,” <em>Nation</em> 41 (Dec. 17, 1885): 516–17.
• W.A. Coffin, “A Painter of the Sea,” <em>Century Magazine</em> (Sept. 1899).
• R. Hitchcock, <em>The Art of the World: The World’s Columbian Exposition</em> (D. Appleton and Company, 1895) Section 4, 143 (ill.).
• J.W. Young, “The Art of Winslow Homer,” <em>Fine Arts Journal</em> 19 (Feb. 1908): 47.
• “Annual Carnegie Exhibit,” <em>American Art News</em> 6 (May 9, 1908): 4, as <em>Banks Fisherman</em>.
• Carnegie Institute, <em>Catalogue of the Twelfth Annual Exhibition at the Carnegie Institute</em>, exh. cat., (Pittsburgh: Carnegie Institute, 1908), n.p., cat. 151, as <em>Banks Fisherman</em>.
• William Howe Downes, <em>The Life and Works of Winslow Homer</em> (Houghton, Mifflin Company, 1911), 134, 137, 231, 258 (ill.).
• A. Hoeber, “Winslow Homer: A Painter of the Sea,” <em>World’s Work</em> (Feb. 1911).
• A.E. Gallatin, “Winslow Homer Memorial Exhibition,” <em>Art and Progress</em> (Apr. 1911).
• Keyon Cox, <em>Winslow Homer</em> (New York, Privately printed by Frederic Fairchild Sherman, 1914), 34, 51 (ill.).
• “Knoedler Firm Buys 21 Winslow Homers,” <em>New York Herald</em> (Nov. 15, 1915).
• Nathaniel Pousette–Dart, comp. Winslow Homer (Frederick A. Stokes, 1923), ill.

After the Hurricane, Bahamas

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Croquet Scene

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The Water Fan

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The Gulf Stream

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Life-Size Black Bass

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Stowing Sail

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North Woods Club, Adirondacks (The Interrupted Tete-a-Tete)

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Mount Washington

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