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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;

Mrs. William Pendleton Thomas;

inherited by her granddaughter, Mrs. Andrew T. Caldwell, Lake Charles, LA;

with James Graham & Sons, New York, 1961;

acquired by present owner, 1963

Exhibitions

1967–68 National Collection of Fine Arts, Smithsonian Institution

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.

1971 Dallas MoFA

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.

1990 SLAM

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.

2014 Amon Carter Museum of American Art

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 1967

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 1967

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 1986

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 et. al 1990

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 1993

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 et. al 2014

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 May 5, 2024).