The Herring Net

Charles W. Gould, New York, by 1908 to 1915; M. Knoedler and Company, New York, 1915; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (1856–1932), Chicago, 1915; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

New York, National Academy of Design, Autumn Exhibition, Nov. 23–Dec. 19, 1885, no. 395. Chicago, World's Columbian Exposition, May 1–Oct. 31, 1893. Pittsburgh, PA, Carnegie Institute, 1908, as Banks Fishermen. New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, Loan Exhibition of Paintings by Winslow Homer, Feb. 6–Mar. 19, 1911, no. 6, as Banks Fishermen. Art Institute of Chicago, Paintings from the Collection of R. F. Angell, Mr. and Mrs. William T. Cresmer, Mr. and Mrs. Max Epstein, Martin A. Ryerson, June 1–Oct. 1, 1923. New York, Museum of Modern Art, Homer, Ryder, and Eakins, May 6–June 4, 1930, cat. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, June 1–Nov. 1, 1933, cat. New York, Knoedler Galleries, To Honor Henry McBride, An Exhibition of Paintings, Drawings and Water Colours, Nov. 29–Dec. 17, 1949, no. 1, as Banks Fishermen or The Herring Net. Milwaukee, Marquette University, Festival of the American Arts, Apr. 22–May 3, 1956, no. 38. Art Institute of Chicago, Two Centuries of American Art, 1750-1950, Oct. 1, 1959–Jan. 10, 1960, no cat. [downloadable checklist available]. NY, Brooklyn Museum, The Triumph of Realism, Oct. 3–Nov. 19, 1967, cat.; Richmond, Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Dec. 11, 1967–Jan. 4, 1968; San Francisco, California Palace of the Legion of Honor, Feb. 17–Mar. 31, 1968. Washington, DC, National Gallery of Art, Winslow Homer, Oct. 15, 1995–Jan. 28, 1996, cat.; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Feb. 21–May 26, 1996; New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 17–Sept. 22, 1996.