Description
Located about 40 miles north of New York City, Haverstraw Bay is the widest point on the Hudson River. During the 1860s, it was a prime area for shad fishing, and Gifford’s painting records this activity taking place amid a delicately luminous morning haze.
Provenance
Theodore Weston (about 1867-68) [possibly];; (Vose Balleries, Boston, MA, sold to Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos) (-1965); Dr. and Mrs. Paul J. Vignos, Jr. Chagrin Falls, OH by bequest to the Cleveland Museum of Art (1965-2011); The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (2011-)
Accession Number
2011.43
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
Unframed: 24.2 x 50.8 cm (9 1/2 x 20 in.)
Classification
Painting
Credit Line
Bequest of Dr. Paul J. Vignos Jr.