George Caleb Bingham Catalogue Raisonné
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Bloch86 234
Mississippi Fisherman
c.1850
Oil on canvas
29 1/2 x 24 1/2 in. (74.9 x 62.2 cm)
Private Collection
Provenance
In possession of family of the artist's second wife, Eliza K. (Thomas) Bingham;
acquired by present owner, 1963
Exhibitions
Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C., George Caleb Bingham 1811-1879, October 19, 1967–January 1, 1968, no. 20, as Mississippi Fisherman. Traveled to: Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, January 14–March 10, 1968; The Art Galleries, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, April 7–May 19, 1968.
Dallas Museum of Fine Arts, Dallas, The Romantic Vision in America, October 9–November 28, 1971, no. 31, ill. in b/w, p. 56, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Saint Louis Art Museum and The National Gallery of Art, Saint Louis Art Museum, St. Louis, George Caleb Bingham, February 22–May 13, 1990, no. 44, as Mississippi Fisherman. Traveled to: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., July 15–September 30, 1990.
Amon Carter Museum of American Art/Saint Louis Art Museum, Amon Carter Museum, Fort Worth, Texas, Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River, October 2, 2014–January 18, 2015, no. 29. Traveled to: Saint Louis Museum of Art, St. Louis, February 22–May 17, 2015; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City, New York, June 15–September 20, 2015.
Published References
Bloch, E. Maurice. George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967. Monograph, p. 80 (A206), as Mississippi Fisherman.
Bloch, E. Maurice. George Caleb Bingham: The Evolution of an Artist. Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, 1967. Monograph, pp. 104, 106, ill. pl. 73, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Bloch, E. Maurice. The Paintings of George Caleb Bingham: A Catalogue Raisonné. Columbia: University of Missouri Press, 1986. Monograph, pp. 191-192 (A234), ill. p. 83, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Shapiro, Michael Edward, Groseclose, Barbara, Johns, Elizabeth, Nagel, Paul C., Wilmerding, John. George Caleb Bingham. New York: The Saint Louis Art Museum in association with Harry N. Abrams, Inc., 1990. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 159, 167; ill. pl. 44, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Shapiro, Michael Edward. George Caleb Bingham. New York: Harry N. Abrams, in association with the National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1993, pp. 65, 69; ill. p. 65, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Luarca-Shoaf, Nenette, Barry, Claire, Heugh, Nancy, Mankin Kornhauser, Elizabeth, Mahon, Dorothy, Walker, Andrew J., and Turk, Janeen. Navigating the West: George Caleb Bingham and the River. New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2014. Exhibition catalogue, pp. 67, 85, 199; ill. pl. 29, as Mississippi Fisherman.
Record last updated September 15, 2020. Please note that the information on this and all pages is periodically reviewed and subject to change.
Citation: The Riverbank Foundation (ongoing) and Fred R. Kline (ed. 2005–21). "Mississippi Fisherman, c.1850 (Bloch86 234)". In George Caleb Bingham Catalogue Raisonné. catalogue.binghamcatalogue.org/catalogue/entry.php?id=6 (accessed on April 25, 2024).