Fishing off the Maine Coast

1959

Robert von Neumann

Associated Names
Robert von Neumann

Artist, American, 1888 - 1976

George C. Miller

Printer, American, 1894 - 1966

Prairie Print Makers

Publisher

This is a drawing of boats engaging in fishing in a rough sea with rugged cliffs in the background. The boats are depicted with several figures on board handling fishing nets. The water appears choppy with waves, and the sky is cloudy.
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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Frank B. Bristow, Falls Church, Virginia; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC, 1968; acquired 2015 by the National Gallery of Art

Associated Names

Bibliography

1990

  • Czestochowski, Joseph S. James Swann: In Quest of a Printmaker, with Presentation Prints of the Chicago Society of Etchers, Prairie Print Makers, and the Woodcut Society. Iowa: Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, 1990, appendix B, pp. 133-134, no. 29.

Inscriptions

lower left in graphite; Fishing off the Maine Coast; lower right in graphite: Robert von Neumann

Markings

stamped upper right in black ink: F.B.B. [circled]

Wikidata ID

Q77012825

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