David Bates

Night Fishing
1987

A painting of a muscular man standing on a beach holding a large fish across his body. He wears a beret, black trousers, and black shoes with red soles. The man has a stern expression, and his chest is covered in hair. In the background, there's a body of water with waves and a cloudy sky above. To the man's right, there's a coiled rope and a metal basket on the sandy shore. The artist's signature "BATES" is visible in the lower right corner.

A painting of a muscular man standing on a beach holding a large fish across his body. He wears a beret, black trousers, and black shoes with red soles. The man has a stern expression, and his chest is covered in hair. In the background, there's a body of water with waves and a cloudy sky above. To the man's right, there's a coiled rope and a metal basket on the sandy shore. The artist's signature "BATES" is visible in the lower right corner.

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Date
1987

Classification
Paintings

Medium
Oil on canvas

Dimensions
Overall: 96 1/16 × 60 1/8in. (244 × 152.7 cm)

Accession number
90.33

Credit line
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; gift of Laila and Thurston Twigg-Smith

Rights and reproductions
© artist or artist’s estate

API
artworks/7598

Exhibitions

Human Interest: Portraits from the Whitney’s Collection

Apr 2, 2016–Apr 2, 2017

David Bates
2 works in the collection

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