Provenance
Private collection.
Unknown.
Knoedler Gallery, New York.
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Buffalo, New York.
Albright Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York, 1928-1961.
Ainslie Galleries, New York.
Frederick W. Doederlein.
Annie T. Lang, friend and student of the artist.
Literature
Buffalo Fine Arts Academy, Academy Notes, February 1901, p. 146, as A Fisherman
American Art Galleries, A Collection of Foreign and American Paintings and Other Pictures, New York, 1923, no. 73, as The Old Fisherman
W. Peat, John Herron Art Museum, William M. Chase Centennial Exhibition: Checklist of Known Works by William M. Chase, Indianapolis, Indiana, 1949, as Old Fisherman
R.G. Pisano and A.G. Longwell, The Parrish Art Museum, Photographs from the William Merritt Chase Archives at the Parrish Art Museum, Southampton, New York, 1992, p. 115, no. 592, illustrated
Exhibited
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Exhibition of Paintings: The Works of Mr. William M. Chase, March 1905, no. 30, as A Long Island Fisherman
Buffalo, New York, Albright Art Gallery, A Collection of Paintings by William M. Chase, January-February 1909, no, 35, as A Fisherman (also traveled to: Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Institute, March 1909; St. Louis, Missouri, St. Louis Art Museum, April 1909; Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, October-November 1909)
New York, National Arts Club, William Merritt Chase Retrospective Exhibition, January 1910, no. 43, as A Long Island Fisherman
Cincinnati, Ohio, Cincinnati Art Museum, Annual Exhibition of American Art, 1915, no. 4, as A Long Island Fisherman
Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Institute, Annual Exhibition, 1916, no. 9, as Long Island Fisherman
Rochester, New York, Memorial Art Gallery, An Exhibition of Paintings by Twelve Contemporary American Artists, May 1916, no. 9, as A Long Island Fisherman
Southampton, New York, The Parrish Art Museum, William Merritt Chase: A Retrospective Exhibition, June-July 1957, no. 17, as Captain of the Fishing Fleet