Gifford R. Beal

Fisherman
1928

A painting depicting a fisherman at sea, standing on the bow of a boat, holding a spear, with intense sunlight casting shadows on his figure. The ocean is rendered in shades of blue, and the sails of the boat billow in the wind. The background features a clear sky with a hint of distant mountains on the horizon.

A painting depicting a fisherman at sea, standing on the bow of a boat, holding a spear, with intense sunlight casting shadows on his figure. The ocean is rendered in shades of blue, and the sails of the boat billow in the wind. The background features a clear sky with a hint of distant mountains on the horizon.

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Date
1928

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on linen

Dimensions
Overall: 36 1/4 × 48 1/4in. (92.1 × 122.6 cm)

Accession number
31.92

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/235

Exhibitions

Breaking Ground: The Whitney’s Founding Collection

Apr 28–Sept 18, 2011

Gifford R. Beal
10 works in the collection

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