Fish Houses, Winter Day

Details

GIFFORD BEAL (1879-1956)
Fish Houses, Winter Day
signed 'Gifford Beal' (lower right)
oil on canvas
28 x 48 ¼ in. (71.1 x 122.6 cm.)
Painted circa 1925-30.

Provenance

Kraushaar Galleries, New York.
Elly and Jock Elliot, New York, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 23 May 2007, lot 9, sold by the above.
Private collection, acquired from the above.
Sotheby's, New York, 23 April 2015, lot 30, sold by the above.
Acquired by the present owner from the above.

Exhibited

New York, Kraushaar Galleries, Gifford Beal, 1879-1956: Retrospective Exhibition of Paintings, April 29-May 29, 1975, n.p., no. 21, frontispiece illustration.

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Lot Essay

Gifford Beal first visited Rockport, Massachusetts in 1923 and would continue to visit the seaside town through the 1930s. Having studied with both Robert Henri and William Merritt Chase, Beal gravitated towards realistic depictions, vigorous brushstrokes and bold color in his compositions. In Fish Houses, Winter Day, Beal depicts a slice of daily life in Rockport as fishermen trudge along a snowy path with the glistening blue ocean and picturesque New England headlands behind them.

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